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The U.S. Air Force has an anti-satellite laser weapon.

Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.

This towering volcanic plug stands out among the dramatic formations that dot this otherworldly desert valley.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

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

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

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

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

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

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

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

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

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

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

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.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

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

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.