The Tinkertown Museum is a folk art museum in Sandia Park, New Mexico. Over 50,000 glass bottles form rambling walls that surround a 22-room museum. Wagon wheels, old fashioned store fronts, and wacky western memorabilia make Tinkertown’s exterior as much as a museum as the wonders within.
Bernalillo County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, the population was 676,444. The county seat, Albuquerque, is the most populous city in New Mexico. Located in central New Mexico, Bernalillo County is home to Albuquerque and serves as a major economic and cultural crossroads in the American Southwest.
Sandia Crest, also known locally as Sandia Peak, is a mountain ridge of the Sandia–Manzano Mountains, and is located in the Sandia Mountains of Bernalillo County, New Mexico. The Sandia Mountains lie to the east of Albuquerque. Named after the Spanish word for watermelon, the Sandias turn gorgeous shades of pink when the sun sets on the city.
