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

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

Once a dining hall for boarding school students, this lodge was a popular haunt for nuclear physicists working on the Manhattan Project.

A monument dedicated to a local softball team full of clowns.

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

Thousands of mounted insects, and some live ones, hide within an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.

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.

The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.

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

On the edge of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, these rock formations create an eerie landscape.

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

In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

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

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

Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.

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

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

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

It's easy to see why this eclectic architectural wonder has been dubbed the "Spaceship House."

Designed by famed architect Horace King.

An ode to this small town's big film history.