Under the wide desert skies of southeastern New Mexico, the Best Western El Rancho Palacio makes a comfortable base in Roswell, New Mexico, a town that turned a 1947 mystery into a worldwide draw. The International UFO Museum and Research Center sits right downtown, anchoring the summer UFO Festival and a whole galaxy of roadside fun, but Roswell offers more grounded pleasures too. Bottomless Lakes State Park, New Mexico's first state park, rings a string of deep blue sinkhole lakes just east, and Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge draws migrating cranes and ducks each winter. The New Mexico Military Institute adds historic campus grandeur. Recently remodeled rooms offer a cool, quiet respite from the desert heat, and a complimentary breakfast opens the day. Three nearby golf courses and easy downtown access round out the stay. Whether you come for little green men or blue desert lakes, Roswell keeps the strange and the beautiful close.