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Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

The final resting place and once home of the Bandit Queen of the West.

One believer transformed a local curiosity into proof of Vikings on the Great Plains.

The largest protected conservation area in the Ozarks—a region that stretches into northern Arkansas and southern Missouri.

One of the largest Masonic temples in the world, created at the height of the oil boom in ostentatious style.

This enthusiast-led facility is the only museum in the country dedicated to the preservation of weather artifacts.

A historical house furnished with authentic pieces from the Victorian period.

One of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States.

The world's only museum devoted solely to the art and collection of action figures.