New Mexico is an intriguing place; it’s a mix of desert and mountains, with deep and rich roots – and lots of folklore and legends. Taos is allegedly one of the most haunted New Mexico small towns. While Taos appears to be a sleepy little mountain town, things, as they say, are not quite what they seem. Both in town and on the outskirts, there are numerous rumors and stories about ghosts, hauntings, and paranormal activity. Add it all up, and you’ll soon see that Taos is one of the most haunted places in New Mexico.

With a population of around 6,000, Taos is one of New Mexico's smaller towns.

Taos is framed by the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, about an hour and a half from Santa Fe. These looming mountains are simultaneously majestic and foreboding.

This Northern New Mexico town was established in 1615. And with a town this old, there's bound to be some ghosts.

Taos, it seems, is full of ghosts -- and the people there are proud of this haunted heritage.

Taos Pueblo has been occupied for nearly a millennium.

It's estimated that the pueblo was built between 1000 and 1450 A.D., and is considered one of the oldest continuously inhabited communities in the United States.

The pueblo was a community of dwellings, trading outposts and religious places.

The Spaniards arrived in Taos in the 1500s, and by 1620, the first Catholic Church in the pueblo, San Geronimo de Taos, was constructed. This act of colonization was not well received by the Native Americans living there.

Throughout the 1600s, the clash of the invaders and the native peoples reached a crescendo. There were uprisings at Taos Pueblo.

By 1660, the native people had killed the resident priest and destroyed the church - which was rebuilt, only to be destroyed during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, which cost the lives of the two priests living there. These grounds are now packed with ghosts and unsettling paranormal activity.

Kit Carson was an American frontiersman who is remembered as an icon of the frontiersman days of the American West.

He's buried at the eponymous cemetery, along with three unmarked graves. As the legend goes, these graves are rumored to belong to the brujas, or witches, of Taos. Their graves are set apart from the others and blacktop covers the site, so the witches or their lingering powers stay sealed in.

The Kit Carson Home and Museum was built around 1825 and purchased by Carson as a wedding gift for his third wife, Maria Josefa Jaramillo.

It's at this house where people say they have felt the presence of Carson.

The ghost is supposedly a benevolent spirit.

Nevertheless, the Kit Carson Museum is a frequent destination for Taos haunted tours.

In town, the Taos Inn is another place awash in ghost sightings.

Apparently, the Taos Inn abuts a home where a deviant was found beheaded. (Not sure I'd risk spending the night here...)

Nearby, the 400-year-old Alley Cantina is another popular place for ghost sightings.

The cantina owners have reported items moving on their own, candles lighting up on their own, and other paranormal activity. Even more unsettling, Alley Cantina diners have reported a ghost’s arm wrapping around them in the ladies room.

In fact, the whole of Downtown Taos's Historic Adobe Plaza is awash in mystery.

Ghost tours frequent many places within Adobe Plaza, with several hotels and buildings revealing a ghost world all their own.

Want more haunted places in New Mexico? Watch this creepy YouTube video by The Speakeasy featuring some spooky places that will send chills down your spine.

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Taos is one of New Mexico's most haunted small towns, and it is a beautiful enigma full of history... and ghosts. Would you be brave enough to visit this haunted New Mexico town? Let us know in the comments below! And for more haunted places in New Mexico, check out these five haunted cemeteries in New Mexico if you dare. Or perhaps consider one of these top-rated ghost tours in New Mexico.