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

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

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

Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

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

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

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

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 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."

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

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

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.

A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

Over a million items cram the shelves at Africa's largest shop of used and rare books.

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

A cozy bookstore and coffee shop in the heart of Cartagena's Old City.

Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.