Santa Fe, New Mexico
Loretto Chapel
Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.
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Santa Fe, New Mexico
Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.
Sandia Park, New Mexico
"I did this all while you were watching TV."
Silver City, New Mexico
These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.
Shiprock, New Mexico
Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.
New Mexico
Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.
San Jon, New Mexico
The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.
Roswell, New Mexico
This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
Farmington, New Mexico
Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
New Mexico
One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Touchet, Washington
Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.
Seattle, Washington
What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!
Seattle, Washington
In this subterranean brick arcade, a small shop continues the ancient practice of bookbinding.
Winthrop, Washington
Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.
Forks, Washington
This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.
Tacoma, Washington
"The House That Love Built" is shying away from "The House That Ghosts Love."
Seattle, Washington
Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.
Forks, Washington
A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.
Port Angeles, Washington
Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.
Port Orchard, Washington
A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.