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.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

One of the world’s most powerful corporations was established on a random Albuquerque street corner.

Catch two 18-foot-tall ranchers mid-brawl as you drive by on Highway 285.

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

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

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

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

This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.

This museum focuses on the history and culture of the German settlers in Pennsylvania.

The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.