Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

This museum shaped like an inflating balloon celebrates the sport’s buoyant achievements.

Once a year, the ruins of an ancient village come alive with hundreds of glowing farolitos.

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

These unique volcanic rock formations offer the perfect opportunity to camp and hike.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

The 7,000-year-old calcium carbonate formation creates a magnificent natural bridge.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

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

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.

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

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