Albuquerque, New Mexico
The Z Machine
The most powerful laboratory radiation source in the world pulses with 1,000 times the electricity of a lightning bolt.
Places I've been
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
The most powerful laboratory radiation source in the world pulses with 1,000 times the electricity of a lightning bolt.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.
Magdalena, New Mexico
Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.
Taos, New Mexico
A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.
Shiprock, New Mexico
Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.
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."
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
Green Valley, Arizona
After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.
Bisbee, Arizona
Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.
Tucson, Arizona
A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.
Tucson, Arizona
Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.
Bisbee, Arizona
A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.
Tombstone, Arizona
The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.
Tombstone, Arizona
A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.
Benson, Arizona
What is the Thing?
Tucson, Arizona
The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
A half-size replica of the World Trade Center towers above Tulsa.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
A museum packed with instruments, lyrics, and other mementos of the American folk icon.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
One of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States.