This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

This towering volcanic plug stands out among the dramatic formations that dot this otherworldly desert valley.

Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.

The building stands within a quiet, postcard-perfect New Mexico village.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

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

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

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.

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

Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

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

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

A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.

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

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

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

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

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

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.

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

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