One believer transformed a local curiosity into proof of Vikings on the Great Plains.

The final resting place and once home of the Bandit Queen of the West.

Located near the U.S.-Mexico border, this park remembers the famous raid of General Francisco “Pancho” Villa and his soldiers.

The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

All that remains of this abandoned coal town is a beautiful, haunting cemetery.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

This towering volcanic plug stands out among the dramatic formations that dot this otherworldly desert valley.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

Some of the Old West's most notorious outlaws frequented this mining town.

The shattered remnants of a meteor that struck Santa Fe more than a billion years ago.

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

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

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.

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

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

This is one really big nut.

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

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

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

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.