In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

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

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

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

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

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

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

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

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

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

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.

Millions of years of erosion created the feature for which this rock formation is aptly named.

This abandoned bootleg attraction was built to cash in on the popularity of classic TV show, F Troop.

A monument commemorating how a frontier town got its unusual name.

Out of a desire to feed hungry soldiers, a franchise-altering idea was born.

The "Father of Arizona" tried to build a Zoroastrian fire temple on the hill where he's now buried.

This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.

A memorial to the firefighters who died in an industrial disaster is housed in a small public park.

Once disputed as the largest sundial in the world.

The handsome statue is a tribute to the post riders who traversed 52 miles of tough Arizona terrain.

Crafted in 1911, this steam locomotive spent its entire working life in Flagstaff.