A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

The home of famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle is now a library and museum dedicated to his memory.

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

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

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

Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

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

Rich red almandine gemstones are waiting inside the volcanic rock strewn across this eastern Nevada hillside.

This cave was hidden for thousands of years, storing the worldly goods of ancient Native Americans.

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

This famous Nevada gold mine, once a hotbed of Wild West shenanigans, is now open for tours.

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

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