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Santa Fe, New Mexico

Ethyl the Whale

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.
Added by Hatherly
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Camel Rock

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.
mikewalker Added by mikewalker
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Loretto Chapel

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.
Alamogordo, New Mexico

PistachioLand: World's Largest Pistachio

This is one really big nut.
Added by parkclay
Alamogordo, New Mexico

White Sands National Park

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Seth Teicher Added by Seth Teicher
Las Cruces, New Mexico

Recycled Roadrunner Statue

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.
Jane Weinhardt Goldberg Added by Jane Weinhardt Goldberg
Las Cruces, New Mexico

World's Largest Chile Pepper Sculpture

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.
Added by ianlefk
Magdalena, New Mexico

The Very Large Array

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.
Added by Henry
Los Cerrillos, New Mexico

Origami in the Garden

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.
kristykountz Added by kristykountz
Los Cerrillos, New Mexico

Los Cerrillos

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.
Added by syabek
Albany, New York

World’s Largest Nipper Statue

This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.
ianrbenjamin Added by ianrbenjamin
Hyde Park, New York

The Hyde Park Vanderbilt Mansion

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."
Matt Blitz Added by Matt Blitz
Lake George, New York

Magic Forest

This throwback amusement park is home to rides and unique storybook figures from the past.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Saratoga Springs, New York

Spit and Spat

Two mermen, eternally spitting into each other's mouths.
Molly McBride Jacobson Added by Molly McBride Jacobson
Saratoga Springs, New York

Petrified Sea Garden

permanently closed
The first evidence of some of the Earth's earliest life was found in this fossilized undersea grotto.
Added by lisatemoshok
Saratoga Springs, New York

Orenda Spring Tufa

A beautiful multicolored mound formed by the mineral deposits of the Orenda Spring.
Brianna Jolie Added by Brianna Jolie
Stillwater, New York

Boot Monument

A monument to the military service of America's greatest traitor refuses to even name him.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Albuquerque, New Mexico

The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.
Eirik Gumeny Added by Eirik Gumeny