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The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

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

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

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

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

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

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

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.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

Just outside the Ohio Supreme Court sits a testament to justice.

Known locally as "the giant head," this 14-foot LED sculpture has a photo booth in the neck where you can have a 3D picture taken and displayed.

A county library in rural Ohio houses one of the finest mineral collections in the world.

A gregarious Ohio resident has been building his whimsical temple to peace for decades.

Medical history museum featuring a lovely doctor's office from the 1800s.

A history of tragedy and a pile of eerie stories have contributed to this house's consistent ranking as one of the most haunted places in Ohio.

These sub-farmland caves are home to a majestic stalactite known as the "Crystal King."

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

The only remnant of a small mining town is an abandoned railroad tunnel that is steeped in ghostly lore.