The movie was based on the legend of the Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the site of the "mysterious staircase" referred to in a widely-circuiated message: City of Santa Fé, in New Mexico ...

Some believe that the actual builder of this famous staircase in Santa Fe, New Mexico, was none other than St. Joseph himself. This famous spiral staircase stands in the Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe ...

Fresh from Spain, the Franciscan friars who founded this city in 1610 called it La Villa Real de la Santa Fe ... from New Mexico and, using the primitive tools, fashioned a spiral staircase ...

Perched high in the desert of the American Southwest, Santa Fe, New Mexico ... Catholic church is now a museum and wedding chapel, famous for its mysterious helix-shaped spiral staircase.

Each summer, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale brings together 20 professional singers from all over the country to Santa Fe, New Mexico ... the chapel's most famous feature is its staircase.

As far as capital cities go, Santa Fe is a bit of an anomaly. It's on the smaller side, at least for New Mexico's size ... out the "miraculous" staircase at Loretto Chapel. Loretto Chapel is ...

Santa Fe, New ... Loretto Chapel (pictured below) was a particular highlight, as it’s not only a gorgeous architectural ...

I recently was vacationing in Santa Fe, N.M., and saw the ... it's not a pile of splinters on the chapel floor? A. I’ve also seen the Loretto Chapel spiral staircase in person.

Several of New Mexico’s 19 Pueblos are near Santa Fe ... Completed in 1878, the Loretto Chapel is known for its Miraculous Staircase, a wooden 22-foot-tall spiral that makes two 360-degree ...