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An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

Recycling meets art in this colorful barricade.

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.

Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.

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.

This is one really big nut.

A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.

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

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

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

A warm desert spring holds one of the rarest species on earth.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

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

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.