Seller of surplus nuclear research materials.

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

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

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

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

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

The remains of a historic ranch house that witnessed the Civil War battle dubbed the “Gettysburg of the West.”

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

The most powerful laboratory radiation source in the world pulses with 1,000 times the electricity of a lightning bolt.

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

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

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

This high desert botanical garden is a unique display of Northern New Mexico's geology.

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

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

When life gave this firefighter a forest fire, he made a rough-hewn sculpture park using a chainsaw.

The shattered remnants of a meteor that struck Santa Fe more than a billion years ago.

Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.

A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.

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

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

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

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

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