Palm Springs, California
Sonny Bono Statue
A bust of the entertainer and politician sits in an alcove at the Palm Springs Airport.
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Palm Springs, California
A bust of the entertainer and politician sits in an alcove at the Palm Springs Airport.
Joshua Tree, California
Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."
Corona, New Mexico
Catch two 18-foot-tall ranchers mid-brawl as you drive by on Highway 285.
Taos, New Mexico
Three witches are said to be buried beneath these unmarked concrete graves.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Volunteers spent years restoring a vintage steam locomotive to operating condition.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.
Sunspot, New Mexico
High in the Sacramento Mountains, a facility dedicated to studying the sun.
Columbus, New Mexico
This replica of the Indian spiritual master Meher Baba's tomb stands unfinished in the New Mexico desert.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The home of famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle is now a library and museum dedicated to his memory.
Socorro, New Mexico
A warm desert spring holds one of the rarest species on earth.
Silver City, New Mexico
Recycling meets art in this colorful barricade.
Roswell, New Mexico
The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.
Silver City, New Mexico
Hidden in the Chihuahuan Desert resides an amazing collection of petroglyphs.
Roswell, New Mexico
Inside this small museum resides a strange mix of miniature collections passed down over time.
Roswell, New Mexico
Hidden in the New Mexico desert southeast of Roswell, nine small deep lakes formed inside sinkholes.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Apparently, the whole cosmos emanates from this plain concrete tower.
Lordsburg, New Mexico
The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.
Ramah, New Mexico
This bird-shaped rock formation defies gravity, time, and classification.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The most powerful laboratory radiation source in the world pulses with 1,000 times the electricity of a lightning bolt.
Pie Town, New Mexico
This popular pitstop lives up to its name.
Magdalena, New Mexico
A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.
Watrous, New Mexico
The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.
Grants, New Mexico
A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.
Isleta Village Proper, New Mexico
This centuries-old pueblo church houses the body of a Franciscan friar who is said to be a rare "incorruptible" corpse.