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This towering volcanic plug stands out among the dramatic formations that dot this otherworldly desert valley.

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

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

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

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

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

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

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

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.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The only place in the Grand Canyon where an automobile can be driven to the Colorado River

Giant steel and concrete dinosaurs near Route 66 invite passerbys into a mineral shop.

First Joe Pagac sculpture; sculpture reflects native Tucson wildlife in an urban setting.

This small museum is dedicated to the study of coprolites, or fossilized poop.