This unassuming layer of clay boasts an out-of-this-world origin story.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

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

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

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

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.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

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

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.

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

A warm desert spring holds one of the rarest species on earth.

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

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

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

This towering volcanic plug stands out among the dramatic formations that dot this otherworldly desert valley.

On the edge of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, these rock formations create an eerie landscape.

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

From a T-rex to a teapot, a cast of artificial fossils illustrates New Mexico's history.

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

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

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.