This small piece of railroad history sits behind the parking lot of a chain grocery store.

A monument at the site of the Towner School Bus Tragedy, which lead to changes in school bus safety.

Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.

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

A monument dedicated to a local softball team full of clowns.

This giant pocket watch is the third iteration of a local landmark that has been standing just off the Santa Fe Plaza for over 100 years.

Apparently, the whole cosmos emanates from this plain concrete tower.

This sculpture perfectly models the molecular structure of a drug that was never produced.

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

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

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

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

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

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

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

It's easy to see why this eclectic architectural wonder has been dubbed the "Spaceship House."

Adobe ruins punctuate the beauty of an 800 foot canyon carved by the Canadian River.

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

A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.

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

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

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

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

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