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

At this research institute, the chile is king.

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

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

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

A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.

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

Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

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.

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

In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.