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

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

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

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

A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.

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

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

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

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

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

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

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

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

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

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

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

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

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