The highest peak in the Jemez Mountains and the traditional center of the Pueblo world.

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

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

A home base for Judy Chicago, one of America's leading radical feminist artists.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

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

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

The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

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

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

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

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

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

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

This Wyoming town is fascinated by a particular mythical creature.

This restored farmhouse is a time capsule of a 19th-century Colorado homestead.

A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.

This prison-turned-museum is a remnant of the Old West's grizzly, violent past.

A sculpture serving as an homage to Pope John Paul II.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

This feature of the city's aqueduct has achieved numismatic fame thanks to its appearance on Mexican banknotes.

A Rocky Mountain city provides a happy ending for a pinto pony and his Brobdingnagian red chair.