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

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

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

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

The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.

A ghost town revived by hippies and wanderers throws its own special brand of holiday parade.

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

Recycling meets art in this colorful barricade.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

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

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

On the side of a remote mountain, a stone face bearing an inscription of mysterious origin.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

This centuries-old pueblo church houses the body of a Franciscan friar who is said to be a rare "incorruptible" corpse.

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

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.