Nathrop, Colorado
Hancock Ghost Town
All that remains of this once-booming mining town are the ruins of a saloon.
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Nathrop, Colorado
All that remains of this once-booming mining town are the ruins of a saloon.
Älvsbyn V, Sweden
The concrete skeletons of an abandoned Swedish town hide among the trees.
Faywood, New Mexico
These unique volcanic rock formations offer the perfect opportunity to camp and hike.
Arenas Valley, New Mexico
This old army installation has worn many hats throughout its history.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.
Culberson County, Texas
The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.
Hillsboro, New Mexico
Crumbling remnants of what was once a booming town full of silver.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.
Deming, New Mexico
A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.
Columbus, New Mexico
This replica of the Indian spiritual master Meher Baba's tomb stands unfinished in the New Mexico desert.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Deming, New Mexico
In the middle of a desert subdivision, there is supposedly an impact crater site from Kcymaerxthaereal times.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.
El Paso, Texas
This mountain tram provides stunning views while hanging from a single, steel thread.
El Paso, Texas
Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.
El Paso, Texas
Search for traces of the dinosaurs that roamed here more than 90 million years ago.
El Paso, Texas
The wreckage of a crash that killed nine people still litters the Franklin Mountains.
Ivankivs'kyi district, Ukraine
Sculpture that doubles as a time capsule so that life can survive radiation outside Chernobyl.
Kyiv, Ukraine
This oddly shaped building is a surprising Soviet-era crematorium.
Kyiv, Ukraine
One of the world’s best microminiaturist, Nicolaï Siadristy displays his lifetime of tiny creations in this museum.
Lviv, Ukraine
World's largest crossword puzzle spans the side of a towerblock, its clues scattered throughout the city.