This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his monicker to peaks.

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

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

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

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

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

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

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

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

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.

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

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

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.

In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.

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

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

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

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.