Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.

Resting place of the Texas A&M canine mascots, who watch the game from the grave with their own miniature scoreboard.

The mansion-like building is packed with Texas pride.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

This underwater old Texas hill town only resurfaces during harsh drought.

A spur fit for a giant sits just off Highway 281 in Texas.

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.

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

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.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

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

This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.

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

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

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

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

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

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

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

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

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