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The home of famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle is now a library and museum dedicated to his memory.

This unassuming layer of clay boasts an out-of-this-world origin story.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

Hidden in the Chihuahuan Desert resides an amazing collection of petroglyphs.

The only Native American comic shop in the world.

Inside this small museum resides a strange mix of miniature collections passed down over time.

For 60 years, skiers have calmed their nerves with cocktails hidden along these slopes.

The remains of a historic ranch house that witnessed the Civil War battle dubbed the “Gettysburg of the West.”

The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.

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

This bird-shaped rock formation defies gravity, time, and classification.

A warm desert spring holds one of the rarest species on earth.

A little slice of Florida face-in-a-hole kitsch, unexpectedly located in a small New Mexico town.

A ghost town revived by hippies and wanderers throws its own special brand of holiday parade.

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.

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

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

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

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

In the middle of a desert subdivision, there is supposedly an impact crater site from Kcymaerxthaereal times.

This centuries-old pueblo church houses the body of a Franciscan friar who is said to be a rare "incorruptible" corpse.

The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.

The U.S. Air Force has an anti-satellite laser weapon.