San Jon, New Mexico
Glenrio Ghost Town
The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.
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San Jon, New Mexico
The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.
Alcalde, New Mexico
This ranch on the banks of the Rio Grande is home to a little-known LGBTQ history of Mary Cabot Wheelwright, Marie Chabot, and two-spirit Navajo weaver Hastiin Klah.
Abiquiu, New Mexico
The building stands within a quiet, postcard-perfect New Mexico village.
Abiquiu, New Mexico
Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.
Abiquiu, New Mexico
Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.
Pagosa Springs, Colorado
No one knows exactly how deep the world’s deepest geothermal hot spring is.
Durango, Colorado
This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.
Durango, Colorado
A riverside tiny house with books and other treasures galore.
San Luis, Colorado
This shrine is an ode to the region's rich Hispanic heritage.
Farmington, New Mexico
Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.
Chimney Rock, Colorado
Two tall rocks sit at the center of this site, once the home of a large Ancestral Puebloan community.
Center, Colorado
One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.
Alamosa, Colorado
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
Durango, Colorado
This bee-themed family business does more with honey than anyone would think was possible.
Durango, Colorado
A multicolored mineral mound dribbles piping hot spring water right off the side of a highway.
Flagstaff, Arizona
Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.
San Marcos, Texas
Human remains in varying states of decay are strewn about this Texas State facility for scientific study.
Teec Nos Pos, Utah
The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Nageezi, New Mexico
A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.