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A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

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

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

In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.

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

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

In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

At this research institute, the chile is king.

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

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

A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.

Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.

A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.

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

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

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

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

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.