The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

The ruins of this former mining boomtown once housed over 3,000 people. Now, the population is two.

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

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

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 sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

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.

Crumbling remnants of what was once a booming town full of silver.

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

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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