The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

A ghost town revived by hippies and wanderers throws its own special brand of holiday parade.

In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

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

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

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

A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.

In the middle of a desert subdivision, there is supposedly an impact crater site from Kcymaerxthaereal times.

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

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

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

The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.

When life gave this firefighter a forest fire, he made a rough-hewn sculpture park using a chainsaw.

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

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

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

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

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.

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

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

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

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.