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

Some of the Old West's most notorious outlaws frequented this mining town.

Adobe ruins punctuate the beauty of an 800 foot canyon carved by the Canadian River.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

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

Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

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

In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.

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

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

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

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

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

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

This is one really big nut.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

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

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.

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