Embudo, New Mexico
Johnnie Meier Classical Gas Museum
One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.
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Embudo, New Mexico
One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.
Velarde, New Mexico
A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.
New Mexico
One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.
El Prado, New Mexico
These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.
Abiquiu, New Mexico
Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.
Caledon, Ontario
These strikingly barren, rolling red hills were caused by bad farming practices.
Northwest Territories
A mad mystery man who led Canadian mounties on a 150-mile wilderness chase is still buried with his secrets intact.
Inuvik, Northwest Territories
This house of worship in the Arctic Circle is shaped like an igloo.
Inuvik Region, Northwest Territories
Natural earth mounds formed in the far north.
Inuvik, Unorganized, Northwest Territories
These hellish-looking cliffs in the Canadian Arctic have been burning for centuries.
Iceland
In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.
Shiprock, New Mexico
Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.
Farmington, New Mexico
Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.
Nageezi, New Mexico
A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.
Bloomfield, New Mexico
The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.
Washington, D.C.
Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.
Los Lunas, New Mexico
On the side of a remote mountain, a stone face bearing an inscription of mysterious origin.
Washington, D.C.
Was there a small "backpack nuke" hidden in the attic? JFK apparently thought so.
Florence, South Carolina
"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.
Redmond, Washington
This Cold War missile launch site has been abandoned for 40 years.
Abiquiu, New Mexico
The building stands within a quiet, postcard-perfect New Mexico village.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.