In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

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

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

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

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

This centuries-old pueblo church houses the body of a Franciscan friar who is said to be a rare "incorruptible" corpse.

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

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

This mining town boomed in the Atomic Age when uranium was gold, only to be abandoned when the industry collapsed.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.

The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.

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

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

A museum has some wedding cake dating to the Teddy Roosevelt administration, and some bacon from FDR's.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.