Hidden in a hotel parking lot is a strange historical plaque erected by an obscure fraternal society.

Pillars made of 700 pieces of luggage climb to the ceiling of Sacramento Airport's baggage claim.

This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.

The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.

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

This popular pitstop lives up to its name.

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.

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

The ruins of this former mining boomtown once housed over 3,000 people. Now, the population is two.

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

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

Inside this small museum resides a strange mix of miniature collections passed down over time.

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

A home base for Judy Chicago, one of America's leading radical feminist artists.

Volunteers spent years restoring a vintage steam locomotive to operating condition.

The highest peak in the Jemez Mountains and the traditional center of the Pueblo world.

A rare memento of a lost Indigenous group.

The building stands within a quiet, postcard-perfect New Mexico village.

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.

Featuring the the longest lift span of any vertical-lift bridge in the world.

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

A beautiful red-faced slot canyon in northern New Mexico.