Santa Fe Hotel Guide. Best Western Hotels in Los Alamos, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Ancestral Pueblos settled in the area in the 1100s; their dwellings can be seen at the Bandelier National Monument. A more recent history defines the area for most, however. The atomic bomb was secretly built at the Los Alamos National Laboratory during World War II. Although many credited the A-bomb with helping end the war, it ushered the nuclear age.