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

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

On the side of a remote mountain, a stone face bearing an inscription of mysterious origin.

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

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

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."

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

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

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

The extensive collection of an amateur naturalist.

A museum has some wedding cake dating to the Teddy Roosevelt administration, and some bacon from FDR's.

Step into the cool deep past and unknown future of who begat who.

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

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.