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An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

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

The vanishing remains of an old water station from the late 19th century.

The railroad turning train travel into a cinematic, highly immersive experience has a fascinating connection to Game of Thrones.

This old ruin once served as a post office, a train station, a restaurant, and a bridge to the Atomic Age.

This sculpture perfectly models the molecular structure of a drug that was never produced.

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

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

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

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

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

A waterfall and cave near Arroyo Seco that inspired the writings of D. H. Lawrence, Willa Cather, and Mabel Dodge Luhan.

Three witches are said to be buried beneath these unmarked concrete graves.

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

This Texas windmill field celebrates the power and majesty of the very winds that blow.

An entire subdivision was accidentally built on a flood plain, resulting in its eventual demolition—but the streets are still there.

This small park features a monumental fountain wall, providing a great photo opportunity in the middle of Houston.

The largest underground pedestrian tunnel system in the U.S. mostly caters to the people working in the offices above, but provides a great, air-conditioned way to traverse the city.

This huge repository of local history housed in an old J.C.Penney's is home to the largest model train set in Southeast Texas.

This refurbished gas station is one of the oldest in Texas, located on the original Route 66.

A town pays homage to its namesake.