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

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

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

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

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.

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

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

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

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

Frank Lloyd Wright's most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.