This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.

Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

This former open-pit manganese mine is now a massive graffiti canvas.

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

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.

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

On the side of a remote mountain, a stone face bearing an inscription of mysterious origin.

This is one really big nut.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

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

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

A famous flea market artist's studio that's full of odds and ends.

Seller of surplus nuclear research materials.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

It's easy to see why this eclectic architectural wonder has been dubbed the "Spaceship House."

The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.

The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.

A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.

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