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

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

Imagine playing a version of Legends of the Hidden Temple, but with a distinctly Southern Gothic flare.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.