Photograph of a dirt road in New Mexico. A small adobe-style wall can be seen on the left side of the road. A large number of trees are visible on the other side of the wall.

Photograph of tourists at a site in New Mexico. Tourists gather around a guide that wears a wide brimmed hat, a collared shirt, and a tie. Behind them, multi-storied stone housing is built into a cliff side.

Photograph of a young Byrd IV and Pam Williams in New Mexico. They stand side by side in front of a road. Byrd IV stands on the left with his hands over his face. He wears a red, white, and blue striped shirt with blue jeans and boots. Pam stands to his right and waves with one hand. She wears a long-sleeved yellow shirt with white shorts and sunglasses. Two buildings and several parked cars are situated across the road behind them. Mountains are visible on the horizon.

Photograph of Carol and Byrd Williams IV sitting on a vintage automobile in the parking lot of the Cottonwood Court motel in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Carol wears a red and white striped top with tan pants and stands with one foot on the automobile. Byrd IV sits to her right, his head turned to the left to look into the cab. He wears a striped shirt and blue jean pants. A white automobile is parked in front of the stucco motel that stands behind them.

Photograph of a young Pam Williams sitting in the drivers seat of a black vintage automobile with a flat tire in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She grips the steering wheel with one hand and waves with the other, wearing a yellow long-sleeved top. Two other automobiles are parked behind her. A grassy area with a sign advertising The Cottonwood Court Motel and "television" is situated on the other side of the automobiles. Fields and trees are visible in the background.

Photograph of an abandoned adobe church in Madrid, New Mexico. The photo includes a short wall connecting to a tall exterior wall with two ladders leaning against its weathered and cracked surface.

Photograph of an old abandoned car on the side of a mountain road in Truchas, New Mexico. The photo includes a drop-off that reveals a valley and a distant mountain covered in trees.

Photograph of a dirt road passing by an empty plowed field where the road turns. The photo includes an old farm plow left under a dead tree and a snow-dusted mountain in the background under a hazy winter sky.

Photograph of a church in northern Taos, New Mexico taken in December of 1985. The photo includes a small dilapidated adobe church behind a wood slat fence. The ground is covered in small patches of snow.

Photograph of a lone adobe house framed by a mountain and late afternoon storm. The photo was taken in the Taos Ski Valley of New Mexico.

Photograph of an adobe house and surrounding landscape architecture in San Juan, New Mexico. The photo includes multiple geometric stepped terrace walls.

Photograph of an archway entrance in New Mexico that reads, "Dios da y dios Quita," which translates to "God gives and God takes away."

Photograph of a cemetery in Joshua, Texas, backsides of gravestones. The photo includes various shapes of headstones, three large trees, and an unpaved road.

Photograph of the church of San José de Gracia in Las Trampas, New Mexico. The photo includes the 17th-century adobe front gate, door, a tall tower topped with a wooden cross, and a second-story walkway.

Photograph of the ruins of a wooden dwelling on the top of a cliff in a desert region of New Mexico. The photo includes a small town on the edge of the adjacent cliff top. The ground is littered with rocks, small bushes, and patches of snow.

Photograph of a field of corn just reaching the height of the wire fence and a large barn on the top of the field. The photo was taken during the early summer.

Photograph of a cross in an open field of Taos Ski Valley, with the mountains nearby in the background of New Mexico.

Photograph of a landscape taken from a high vantage point. The photo includes a dead tree framing a view of a series of forested hills and valleys. The ground in the photo shows fallen leaves with some trees transitioned to late fall color under a hazy sky.

Photograph of a dense forest in New Mexico.

Photograph of a desert gravesite next to a mountain. The photo includes headstones marked with various rocks and wooden crosses. A cross overlooks the cemetery from a high elevation.

Photograph of an adobe gateway to a pueblo catholic cemetery with the Spanish phrase "Dios Da Y Dios Quita" written over the entrance near Taos New Mexico. The photo includes metal and wooden gates. The phrase "Dios Da Y Dios Quita" translates to God gives and God takes away.

Photograph of a square door with a half-circle window above it. Next to the door are matching-shaped windows and four columns are in front holding up the awning of the structure.

Photograph of a square door with a half-circle window above it. Next to the door are matching-shaped windows and four columns are in front holding up the awning of the structure.

Photograph of a farm with a circular brick structure with a plank framed doorway. The photo includes a collapsing wood structure with shingles along with debris scattered around the land between a dead tree and the brick structure.