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.

A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.

Thousands of mounted insects, and some live ones, hide within an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

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

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

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

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

On the side of a remote mountain, a stone face bearing an inscription of mysterious origin.

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.

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

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

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

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

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

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

This is one really big nut.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

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

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

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