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

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

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

This museum shaped like an inflating balloon celebrates the sport’s buoyant achievements.

A flat-topped butte that makes a constant backdrop for Western art.

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

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

The 7,000-year-old calcium carbonate formation creates a magnificent natural bridge.

Once a year, the ruins of an ancient village come alive with hundreds of glowing farolitos.

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

On the edge of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, these rock formations create an eerie landscape.

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

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

Seller of surplus nuclear research materials.

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

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

These strange carved boulders in a forested canyon resemble tiny stone villages.

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

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

Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.