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

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

The most powerful laboratory radiation source in the world pulses with 1,000 times the electricity of a lightning bolt.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.

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

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

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

The U.S. Air Force has an anti-satellite laser weapon.

A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

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

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

This is one really big nut.

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

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

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

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

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

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

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."