Ancient hot spot  Find a quiet corner in New Mexico and
contemplate the mysteries of Bandelier National Monument
Matthew Jaffe  Travel planner: where to go in the canyon and
beyond  From the cliffs above Frijoles Canyon in Bandelier
National Monument, you can look down on the curving walls and
into the honeycomb-patterned remains of the village of Tyuonyi.
Dating back 800 years, it's the largest of the ancient
structures within this canyon 50 miles northwest of Santa Fe.
Bandelier is justly celebrated as one of the Southwest's most
significant archaeological sites. But it's also a living place
that feels especially vibrant as summer wildflowers bloom and
the monsoon season arrives.  Local Pueblo peoples still regard
it as part of their ancestral lands. And the monument's 33,750
acres preserve both the buildings and the natural world of their
forebears, who lived here before abandoning the area nearly 400
years ago.  "Visitors come to Bandelier with the idea that the
people who lived here mysteriously vanish