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This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.

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

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

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

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

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

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

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

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

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

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

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

Inside this medieval church resides a unique set of murals.

One of the city's few vendors selling the Sierra Norte's ancestral beverage lies within a hidden farmers market.

Fiery-hot river rocks make soup sizzle at this restaurant showcasing indigenous Chinantec cuisine.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

A turn-of-the-century architectural marvel built on healing mineral springs and salt licks.

A subterranean haunt where wine and homemade biscottis are always on the menu.

A museum dedicated to the Spanish occult in a town that was terrorized by the Inquisition.