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

This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his monicker to peaks.

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

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

A little-known hot spring haven right below the highway.

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

Community owned and operated, this property is home to a diverse set of nudists.

One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.

Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

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.

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

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

Colorado's only true geyser is hidden within the San Juan National Forest.