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

The most powerful laboratory radiation source in the world pulses with 1,000 times the electricity of a lightning bolt.

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

Apparently, the whole cosmos emanates from this plain concrete tower.

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

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.

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

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

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

Step into the cool deep past and unknown future of who begat who.

The only ski tunnel in North America provides easy access to amazing snow and beautiful views.

What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

Isak Heartstone, a 15-foot wooden troll made out of recycled materials.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.

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

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

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

In the 1950s, two women saved this grand theater in the Colorado mountains from demolition.

These strange carved boulders in a forested canyon resemble tiny stone villages.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.