Maputo, Mozambique
Maputo Natural History Museum
From neon green watering holes to bleached elephant foetuses, this Mozambique museum makes natural history weird.
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Maputo, Mozambique
From neon green watering holes to bleached elephant foetuses, this Mozambique museum makes natural history weird.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Silver City, New Mexico
These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.
El Paso, Texas
Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.
Oakley, Kansas
One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.
Cawker City, Kansas
It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.
Shiprock, New Mexico
Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.
New Mexico
Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.
Nageezi, New Mexico
A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.
Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico
This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his moniker to peaks.
El Prado, New Mexico
These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.
Taos, New Mexico
A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.
Jemez Springs, New Mexico
A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.
Sandia Park, New Mexico
"I did this all while you were watching TV."
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.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.
Wichita, Kansas
The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.
Miami, Oklahoma
This historic theater's pipe organ still accompanies silent films just like it did in 1929.