Hachita, New Mexico
St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Mission Church
This abandoned church dominates the landscape of a former mining boomtown.
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Hachita, New Mexico
This abandoned church dominates the landscape of a former mining boomtown.
Tijeras, New Mexico
The U.S. Air Force has an anti-satellite laser weapon.
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.
Mogollon, New Mexico
Explore a misty river canyon from a metal bridge system.
Mogollon, New Mexico
Once a mining boom town, Mogollon’s well-preserved buildings are tucked away in the mountains of the Gila National Forest.
Los Lunas, New Mexico
On the side of a remote mountain, a stone face bearing an inscription of mysterious origin.
Silver City, New Mexico
These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.
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.
Pinos Altos, New Mexico
This 1863 adobe building is home to one of the oldest operating saloons in the Southwest.
Magdalena, New Mexico
Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.
Faywood, New Mexico
These unique volcanic rock formations offer the perfect opportunity to camp and hike.
Alamillo, New Mexico
One of the few slot canyons in New Mexico, this area is fantastic for hiking, camping, and stargazing.
El Paso, Texas
El Paso's only historic house museum is an adobe mansion built by a prominent multicultural borderlands family.
El Paso, Texas
This site honors the end of a 100-year boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico—all started by a river's shifting course.
El Paso, Texas
A Bhutanese temple gifted from the isolated Himalayan kingdom is now a surprising cultural gem located at the University of Texas at El Paso.
El Paso, Texas
Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.
Hillsboro, New Mexico
Crumbling remnants of what was once a booming town full of silver.
Socorro, New Mexico
A warm desert spring holds one of the rarest species on earth.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
This is one really big nut.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.
Three Rivers, New Mexico
More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.