Seller of surplus nuclear research materials.

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

Explore a misty river canyon from a metal bridge system.

High in the Sacramento Mountains, a facility dedicated to studying the sun.

A flat-topped butte that makes a constant backdrop for Western art.

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

A rare memento of a lost Indigenous group.

A beautiful red-faced slot canyon in northern New Mexico.

These unique volcanic rock formations offer the perfect opportunity to camp and hike.

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

A strange sandstone formation in the middle of nowhere presents an interesting climbing opportunity.

A waterfall and cave near Arroyo Seco that inspired the writings of D. H. Lawrence, Willa Cather, and Mabel Dodge Luhan.

The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

This unassuming layer of clay boasts an out-of-this-world origin story.

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

This popular pitstop lives up to its name.

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

A somber monument commemorates the site of a Native American reservation marked by suffering.

Hidden in the New Mexico desert southeast of Roswell, nine small deep lakes formed inside sinkholes.

The remains of a historic ranch house that witnessed the Civil War battle dubbed the “Gettysburg of the West.”

The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.

For 60 years, skiers have calmed their nerves with cocktails hidden along these slopes.

A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.