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

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

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

The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

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

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

This is one really big nut.

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

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

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