High Desert Destinations

Long before the hit show Breaking Bad put Albuquerque, New Mexico, on the television map, the city was both a transportation hub and a home to racing legends. America’s First Family of Racing, the legendary Unsers, were tearing up local tracks in pursuit of speed, while early 20th-century steam engines got a tune up at the massive rail yards in the state’s largest city. Today the Unsers are celebrated at an eponymous museum, and the now-defunct rail yards showcase New Mexico transportation history.

The Unser Racing Museum

Four generations of the family are celebrated at the Unser Racing Museum in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, just north of downtown