Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

The highest point in Oklahoma used to be a lawless outlaw's paradise.

Hidden in the Chihuahuan Desert resides an amazing collection of petroglyphs.

On the edge of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, these rock formations create an eerie landscape.

This bird-shaped rock formation defies gravity, time, and classification.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

The 7,000-year-old calcium carbonate formation creates a magnificent natural bridge.

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.

This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his monicker to peaks.

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

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

The building stands within a quiet, postcard-perfect New Mexico village.

Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.

Adobe ruins punctuate the beauty of an 800 foot canyon carved by the Canadian River.

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.

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

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

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

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

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