Winslow, Arizona
Meteor Crater
This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."
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Winslow, Arizona
This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."
Yavapai County, Arizona
Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.
Fort Sumner, New Mexico
The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.
Aztec, New Mexico
The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.
Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico
This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his moniker to peaks.
Jemez Springs, New Mexico
The 7,000-year-old calcium carbonate formation creates a magnificent natural bridge.
Ramah, New Mexico
Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.
Des Moines, New Mexico
This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
This is one really big nut.
Pecos, New Mexico
Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.
Shiprock, New Mexico
Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.
El Prado, New Mexico
These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.
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."
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.