Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Spaceport America
The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.
Places I've been
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Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.
Chimayo, New Mexico
This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.
White Oaks, New Mexico
In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.
New Mexico
One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.
Abiquiu, New Mexico
Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
This is one really big nut.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.
Pecos, New Mexico
Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.
Los Cerrillos, New Mexico
Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.
Taos, New Mexico
A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.
Montezuma, New Mexico
A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.
Nageezi, New Mexico
A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.
El Prado, New Mexico
These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.
Roswell, New Mexico
This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.