The ruins of this former mining boomtown once housed over 3,000 people. Now, the population is two.

A warm desert spring holds one of the rarest species on earth.

From a T-rex to a teapot, a cast of artificial fossils illustrates New Mexico's history.

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

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

The U.S. Air Force has an anti-satellite laser weapon.

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

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

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

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

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.