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

The remains of a historic ranch house that witnessed the Civil War battle dubbed the “Gettysburg of the West.”

A little slice of Florida face-in-a-hole kitsch, unexpectedly located in a small New Mexico town.

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

All that remains of this abandoned coal town is a beautiful, haunting cemetery.

The most powerful laboratory radiation source in the world pulses with 1,000 times the electricity of a lightning bolt.

The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.

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

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

The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

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

Crumbling remnants of what was once a booming town full of silver.

In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

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

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

This high desert botanical garden is a unique display of New Mexico’s ecology and culture.

At this research institute, the chile is king.

The U.S. Air Force has an anti-satellite laser weapon.

This centuries-old pueblo church houses the body of a Franciscan friar who is said to be a rare "incorruptible" corpse.

Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.

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

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