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jen487

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Full-time RVer travelling the country and exploring weird places. I blog about our adventures on roamingnelsons.com
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Alamogordo Landfill

Alamogordo, New Mexico

Alamogordo Landfill

Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.

Little Joe II rocket, the largest ever to be launched from New Mexico

Alamogordo, New Mexico

New Mexico Museum of Space History

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

Hegeler-Carus Mansion

La Salle, Illinois

Hegeler-Carus Mansion

A sprawling historic mansion with connections to a notable industrial and publishing dynasty.

Bottomless Lakes State Park

Roswell, New Mexico

Bottomless Lakes State Park

Hidden in the New Mexico desert southeast of Roswell, nine small deep lakes formed inside sinkholes.

Santa Fe Botanical Garden at Museum Hill

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe Botanical Garden

This high desert botanical garden is a unique display of New Mexico’s ecology and culture.

Ethyl.

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Ethyl the Whale

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

Image of the residence/studio.

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Bart Prince Residence and Studio

It's easy to see why this eclectic architectural wonder has been dubbed the "Spaceship House."

World's Largest Pistachio

Alamogordo, New Mexico

PistachioLand: World's Largest Pistachio

This is one really big nut.

Sand dunes...NOT snow!

Alamogordo, New Mexico

White Sands National Park

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

Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Calabacillas Arroyo Artificial Fossils

From a T-rex to a teapot, a cast of artificial fossils illustrates New Mexico's history.

Exterior.

Chicago, Illinois

The Sullivan Center

Louis Sullivan’s dark, swirling cast-iron designs envelop a popular department store in this Chicago landmark.

The Pierotti's Clowns mural

Los Alamos, New Mexico

Pierotti’s Clowns Monument

A monument dedicated to a local softball team full of clowns.

This building is a re-creation of the Main Gate used during the Los Alamos Project.

Los Alamos, New Mexico

Main Gate Park

This building is a recreation of the gatehouse that separated Los Alamos from the outside world during the era of the Manhattan Project.

Fuller Lodge Art Center

Los Alamos, New Mexico

Fuller Lodge Art Center

Once a dining hall for boarding school students, this lodge was a popular haunt for nuclear physicists working on the Manhattan Project.

Bradbury Science Museum

Los Alamos, New Mexico

Bradbury Science Museum

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

Walatowa Slot Canyon

Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico

Walatowa Slot Canyon

A beautiful red-faced slot canyon in northern New Mexico.

The living history museum El Rancho de Las Golondrinas.

Santa Fe, New Mexico

El Rancho de Las Golondrinas

Step back in time at an outdoor living history museum where New Mexico's cultural traditions come alive.

'Highway of Dreams' 1932 Studebaker

Holbrook, Arizona

'Highway of Dreams' 1932 Studebaker

This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.

Petrified Wood

Holbrook, Arizona

Petrified Forest National Park

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

Wupatki National Monument

Flagstaff, Arizona

Wupatki National Monument

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

The Walnut Canyon pueblos.

Flagstaff, Arizona

Walnut Canyon

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

Smooth, massive walls make for an intriguing surprise compared to typical cave architecture

Flagstaff, Arizona

Coconino Lava River Cave

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

Tusayan Ruin

Grand Canyon Village, Arizona

Tusayan Ruin

This Native American settlement dates back to the Pueblo II period.

Shrine of the Ages

Grand Canyon Village, Arizona

Shrine of the Ages

This small interfaith chapel lies not far from the rim of the Grand Canyon.

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