Some like it hot and some not so hot. I’m one of the latter. Thanks to the Chile Pepper Institute at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, I can ban the burn and savor the spice with my new knowledge.

There are tourist traps and tourist trips. When I saw signs near Alamagordo advertising The World’s Largest Pistachio,” my first reaction was– tourist trap. But I was wrong. This stop – at PistachioLand – is a real trip.

They’re here – and they’re watching! Just look at the street lights on Main Street. They have eyes.