At this research institute, the chile is king.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

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

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

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

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

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.

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

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

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

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

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

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

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

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

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

See six states, pickled freaks, rocks, and antiques.

A little-known hot spring haven right below the highway.

An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.