Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

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

Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.

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

At this research institute, the chile is king.

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

Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

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

A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.

In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.

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

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

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

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

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

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.