The earliest known map to show America, discovered by accident at a Paris bookshop.

This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."

The only urban monument in the world designed by the great surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.

Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

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

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

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

Apparently, the whole cosmos emanates from this plain concrete tower.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

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

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

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

This high desert botanical garden is a unique display of New Mexico’s ecology and culture.

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

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

The shattered remnants of a meteor that struck Santa Fe more than a billion years ago.

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

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

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

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

"I did this all while you were watching TV."