The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

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

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

One of El Paso's oldest dives may have inspired the classic Marty Robbins song.

This statue is in the center of San Jacinto Plaza, commemorating the live alligator pond that once stood in the area.

A prison-like structure guards the remains of a notorious Old West outlaw.

A giant "X" symbolizes the blood spilled from the brutal Juárez drug wars.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.