Santa Fe
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Santa Fe's distinctive style is evident—you'll find it in the adobe haciendas and quiet courtyards; spicy, chile-laced Southwestern cuisine; churches, chapels and cathedrals; cultural celebrations; and museums and galleries filled with vivid folk art, Native American pottery, contemporary expressions and Hispanic devotional art. Artists and creative sorts have been drawn to Santa Fe for its minimal, rugged landscape since the 1920s, and more recently it has blossomed into an arts community of international merit and an important destination for art lovers.