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.

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

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

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

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

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

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

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

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

This is one really big nut.

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

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

Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.

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

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

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

"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.

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

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