A somber monument commemorates the site of a Native American reservation marked by suffering.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

Hidden in the New Mexico desert southeast of Roswell, nine small deep lakes formed inside sinkholes.

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

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

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

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

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

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

This popular pitstop lives up to its name.

A memorial dedicated to veterans of all wars especially those lost in Bataan defending the Philippines during World War II.

This old army installation has worn many hats throughout its history.

This small canyon park was once the main street of Silver City—until a flood washed it away.

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

Explore a misty river canyon from a metal bridge system.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

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

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

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

This site honors the end of a 100-year boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico—all started by a river's shifting course.

A giant "X" symbolizes the blood spilled from the brutal Juárez drug wars.

When life gives you Prohibition, open a bar in Juárez.