This 1950s-era nostalgic roadside New Mexico attraction consists of a quirky curio store and museum embedded into the face of a cave.

A rare memento of a lost Indigenous group.

The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.

The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.

Hidden in the Chihuahuan Desert resides an amazing collection of petroglyphs.

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

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

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

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

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

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

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

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

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.

A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

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

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

This is one really big nut.

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

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

Artifacts from a battleship sunk at Pearl Harbor displayed in the Capitol building of its namesake.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).