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Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

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

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.

Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.

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

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

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

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

An ode to the history of telephones inside a telephone building.

A 6,888-carat piece of turquoise that bears a striking resemblance to the first President of the United States.

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

The most powerful laboratory radiation source in the world pulses with 1,000 times the electricity of a lightning bolt.

Apparently, the whole cosmos emanates from this plain concrete tower.

A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

When life gave this firefighter a forest fire, he made a rough-hewn sculpture park using a chainsaw.