The home of half the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas.

A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.

A mecca of Mexican art and cuisine just over the border.

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

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

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

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

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

This is one really big nut.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

This center in the Rwandan capital supports women’s livelihoods while educating visitors about traditional cooking, craft making, and more.