Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Spaceport America
The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.
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Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.
Three Rivers, New Mexico
More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.
Velarde, New Mexico
A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.
Pecos, New Mexico
Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.
New Mexico
Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.
Moab, Utah
A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.
Moab, Utah
This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.
Hanksville, Utah
A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.
Herriman, Utah
A replica that won't float away.
Kanab, Utah
Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."
Bluff, Utah
A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.
Delta, Utah
Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.
Cheyenne, Wyoming
The only retired U.S. nuclear missile silo that is open to the public.
Cora, Wyoming
The easiest way to the highest point in Wyoming is only accessible via one hefty fee.
Green River, Wyoming
This UFO landing strip was created by a charitable Wyoming city that was worried about residents of Jupiter.
Rawlins, Wyoming
This prison-turned-museum is a remnant of the Old West's grizzly, violent past.
Nederland, Colorado
One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.
Gateway, Colorado
A remote sandstone plateau named for a legendary cattle rustler.
La Junta, Colorado
Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.
Leadville, Colorado
An enthusiastically interactive mining museum that won't let black lung ruin the fun.
Denver, Colorado
This Chinese-style quartz sundial was saved in its final hour.
Denver, Colorado
Explore some of the most unique vehicles in history along with a cast of unsettling mannequins.