Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

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

The building stands within a quiet, postcard-perfect New Mexico village.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.

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

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

When life gave this firefighter a forest fire, he made a rough-hewn sculpture park using a chainsaw.

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.

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

A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.

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

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

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

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

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

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

A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.

On the side of a remote mountain, a stone face bearing an inscription of mysterious origin.