One of the few slot canyons in New Mexico, this area is fantastic for hiking, camping, and stargazing.

It’s hard to believe this hostile landscape was once a health resort.

This roadside sculpture garden in New Mexico venerates Mother Earth and outsider art.

This building is a recreation of the gatehouse that separated Los Alamos from the outside world during the era of the Manhattan Project.

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

A monument dedicated to a local softball team full of clowns.

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

An ode to the history of telephones inside a telephone building.

Secluded springs in the Rio Grande Gorge offer hot bathing beside the haunted ruins of a stagecoach stop.

This 1950s-era nostalgic roadside New Mexico attraction consists of a quirky curio store and museum embedded into the face of a cave.

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

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.

These unique volcanic rock formations offer the perfect opportunity to camp and hike.

A rare memento of a lost Indigenous group.

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

A strange sandstone formation in the middle of nowhere presents an interesting climbing opportunity.

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

The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.

Explore a misty river canyon from a metal bridge system.

Hidden in the Chihuahuan Desert resides an amazing collection of petroglyphs.

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

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

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

A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.