These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

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

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

The shattered remnants of a meteor that struck Santa Fe more than a billion years ago.

It's easy to see why this eclectic architectural wonder has been dubbed the "Spaceship House."

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.

An old curiosity shop holds on to a centuries-old tradition of manually-distilled rose water.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

One of the most accessible undersea plane wrecks in the world.