One of the world’s most powerful corporations was established on a random Albuquerque street corner.

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

Apparently, the whole cosmos emanates from this plain concrete tower.

This centuries-old pueblo church houses the body of a Franciscan friar who is said to be a rare "incorruptible" corpse.

A home base for Judy Chicago, one of America's leading radical feminist artists.

Catch two 18-foot-tall ranchers mid-brawl as you drive by on Highway 285.

The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.

Hidden in the New Mexico desert southeast of Roswell, nine small deep lakes formed inside sinkholes.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

Inside this small museum resides a strange mix of miniature collections passed down over time.

The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

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

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.

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

This 1950s-era nostalgic roadside New Mexico attraction consists of a quirky curio store and museum embedded into the face of a cave.

Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.

This cheery fruit farmer welcomes visitors to a classic roadside emporium.

High in the Sacramento Mountains, a facility dedicated to studying the sun.

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

The entire history of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program is painted on an enormous roadside water tank.

This is one really big nut.

At this research institute, the chile is king.