A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

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

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

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.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.