The most powerful laboratory radiation source in the world pulses with 1,000 times the electricity of a lightning bolt.

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

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

This bird-shaped rock formation defies gravity, time, and classification.

In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.

The U.S. Air Force has an anti-satellite laser weapon.

This centuries-old pueblo church houses the body of a Franciscan friar who is said to be a rare "incorruptible" corpse.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

A warm desert spring holds one of the rarest species on earth.

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

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

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

All that remains of this abandoned coal town is a beautiful, haunting cemetery.

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

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

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

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

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

Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.

Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

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

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

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

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