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A rare memento of a lost Indigenous group.

This sculpture perfectly models the molecular structure of a drug that was never produced.

Recycling meets art in this colorful barricade.

The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.

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

This bird-shaped rock formation defies gravity, time, and classification.

Hidden in the Chihuahuan Desert resides an amazing collection of petroglyphs.

This remote camping site offers incredible stargazing opportunities.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.

Inside this small museum resides a strange mix of miniature collections passed down over time.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

In the middle of a desert subdivision, there is supposedly an impact crater site from Kcymaerxthaereal times.

All that remains of this abandoned coal town is a beautiful, haunting cemetery.

Explore a misty river canyon from a metal bridge system.

The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.

A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

Adobe ruins punctuate the beauty of an 800 foot canyon carved by the Canadian River.

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.

The 7,000-year-old calcium carbonate formation creates a magnificent natural bridge.

Apparently, the whole cosmos emanates from this plain concrete tower.

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.