Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

A little slice of Florida face-in-a-hole kitsch, unexpectedly located in a small New Mexico town.

Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

The 7,000-year-old calcium carbonate formation creates a magnificent natural bridge.

This towering volcanic plug stands out among the dramatic formations that dot this otherworldly desert valley.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

This Taoist temple is the oldest continuously used Chinese temple in California.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

Discover the magic in the mundane in Iceland's Museum of Everyday Life.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

This secluded Iceland farm holds the collected works of one rural sculptor's creations.

A "simple-hearted artist" turned an isolated Icelandic valley into his own art museum.

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.