The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.

This is one really big nut.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

Catch two 18-foot-tall ranchers mid-brawl as you drive by on Highway 285.

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

This cheery fruit farmer welcomes visitors to a classic roadside emporium.

Hidden beyond a kitschy giant beetle is this remarkably sprawling collection of preserved insects.

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.