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A warm desert spring holds one of the rarest species on earth
Three warm springs used to form a rare desert marshland at the base of the mountains outside Socorro, New Mexico.
Two of these have now been diverted for the town's water supply and only... »
Fascinating Fauna | Edited by philcrater, Nicholas Jackson and others
On the side of a remote mountain, a stone face bearing an inscription of mysterious origin
The Mystery Stone, also known as the Decalogue Stone, is located on a mountain in the remote desert of West-Central New Mexico. The stone face bears an inscription written in what some believe to... »
Relics and Reliquaries | Edited by philcrater and Dylan
"I did this all while you were watching TV"
Ross Ward began carving wood in junior high school. His first piece was a miniature wooden circus. Little did he know this was to the first of many thousands of carvings, paintings, etchings, and... »
Eccentric Homes | Edited by
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it
The wind blown sands and rolling dunes of White Sands National Monument blanket an area of 115 square miles in south-central New Mexico. It is the largest pure gypsum dune field in the world. A... »
Natural Wonders, Geological Oddities | Edited by Seth Teicher
Second largest cave chamber in the world, discovered in 1898 by a sixteen year old and his friend known as "pothead"
Caving, particularly in an unexplored cave, is a dangerous hobby. Even with the most modern equipment, many things can go wrong, and a serious injury can trap the caver underground.
However in... »
Curious Caves | Edited by A Facebook user
Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets
Western New Mexico is high, dry land, with scrub brush in the brown dirt and hills in the distance. There are no trees and few towns... and then there is the Very Large Array, 27 huge, white... »
Instruments of Science | Edited by Henry
Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed
The story goes something like this: Our Lady of Light Chapel was built for the Sisters of Loretto in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1872, but the Bishop in charge died of pneumonia in 1888, before he... »
Architectural Oddities, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by amberjol and wythe
Seller of surplus nuclear research materials
The Black Hole sells surplus equipment acquired from the Los Alamos National Laboratories. They sell everything from 1950's era oscilloscopes to liquid nitrogen dewars, from dials, knobs &... »
Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by anotherfascist
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident
Prior to the opening of the International UFO Museum and Research Center in Roswell, New Mexico in 1992, the city did not really show any signs of being home to the famous "incident." After being... »
Strange Science, Unique Collections | Edited by CPilgrim and Dylan
A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes
The Rattlesnake Museum is home to the most diverse collection of rattlesnakes in the world, with live displays of 34 different species. The museum also features albino snakes, a Gila Monster... »
Natural History | Edited by Dylan and Henry
