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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

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

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

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

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

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.

Thousands of years ago, Indigenous people painted images onto these canyon walls that are still on display today, provocative, mysterious, and enduring reminders of the people who lived here long ago.

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.

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

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.