This stone marker honors the man who released Canada goose goslings in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Crumbling remnants of what was once a booming town full of silver.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

The building stands within a quiet, postcard-perfect New Mexico village.

Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.

Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.

Adobe ruins punctuate the beauty of an 800 foot canyon carved by the Canadian River.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.

Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

This is one really big nut.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.