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One of only two exposed meteor impact craters in the United States

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

The shattered remnants of a meteor that struck Santa Fe more than a billion years ago.

The country’s largest collection of southwestern jewelry, along with contemporary Native American art.

In the middle of a desert subdivision, there is supposedly an impact crater site from Kcymaerxthaereal times.

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

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

This century-old museum showcases New Mexico’s history through arts and crafts.

The petroleum industry brings you the joys of hydrocarbons and largest collection of antique oil rigs in the world.

The Milburn-Price Culture Museum in Vega offers a brand-name oversized cultural attraction.

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

This is not Madame Tussaud’s wax museum.

Local artists have long claimed these highway pylons as a place to celebrate Mexican-American history through artwork.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

The railroad turning train travel into a cinematic, highly immersive experience has a fascinating connection to Game of Thrones.

This Texas windmill field celebrates the power and majesty of the very winds that blow.

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.