Self-built house and sculpture park where the creator can still be seen in a glass coffin.

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

This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

The giant stump of the once towering cottonwood where Ute people held tribal meetings.

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

The world's largest carnivore sanctuary is home to over 450 meat-eating rescues.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

A museum documents the development of the invention that tamed the Wild West.

The holiday spirit lingers year-round in the "Christmas City of the High Plains."

A peculiar forest that was handcrafted for government experiments.

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

The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Small teepee-like houses built for TB patients have become sheds, studios, and bus stops around Colorado Springs.

When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

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

This 19th century jail was mainly used to incarcerate the drunk and disorderly.