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

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

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

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

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

The vanishing remains of an old water station from the late 19th century.

This old ruin once served as a post office, a train station, a restaurant, and a bridge to the Atomic Age.

This giant pocket watch is the third iteration of a local landmark that has been standing just off the Santa Fe Plaza for over 100 years.

This sculpture perfectly models the molecular structure of a drug that was never produced.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

The shattered remnants of a meteor that struck Santa Fe more than a billion years ago.

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his moniker to peaks.

A waterfall and cave near Arroyo Seco that inspired the writings of D. H. Lawrence, Willa Cather, and Mabel Dodge Luhan.

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

The former home of an Italian artist is now a shrine to his ambitious works.

Rome's first modern graffito is all that is left of a peaceful protest from the 1970s.

This hydrochronometer was invented by a Dominican monk and is a prime feature in this garden.

This gallery commissioned by Cardinal Spada is known for its magnificent optical illusion.