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Seller of surplus nuclear research materials.

Once a dining hall for boarding school students, this lodge was a popular haunt for nuclear physicists working on the Manhattan Project.

This building is a recreation of the gatehouse that separated Los Alamos from the outside world during the era of the Manhattan Project.

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

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

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

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

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

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

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.

The highest peak in the Jemez Mountains and the traditional center of the Pueblo world.

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

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

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

These strange carved boulders in a forested canyon resemble tiny stone villages.

A Bauhaus co-founder designed this quirky, abandoned granary.

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.

This park is home to well over 100 handmade birdhouses.

Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.