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

Some of the Old West's most notorious outlaws frequented this mining town.

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

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

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

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

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

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

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

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.

Where hills of dirt conceal the burial ground of one of the most powerful ancient Native American societies.

This highway overpass was named after the tragic disappearance of a young mother who got mixed up with the wrong people.

The scant remains of an expansive indigenous civilization can be seen at this Arkansas state park.

The only nuclear weapon assembly and disassembly plant in the U.S.

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

Origin of the blue-skinned Fugates of eastern Kentucky.

Beautiful waterfalls grace a canyon visibly torn by a violent tornado.

An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.