A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

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

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

This high desert botanical garden is a unique display of Northern New Mexico's geology.

The shattered remnants of a meteor that struck Santa Fe more than a billion years ago.

At this research institute, the chile is king.

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

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

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

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

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.

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

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

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

This is one really big nut.

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

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

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

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

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."