Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.

This popular pitstop lives up to its name.

A memorial dedicated to veterans of all wars especially those lost in Bataan defending the Philippines during World War II.

This old army installation has worn many hats throughout its history.

This small canyon park was once the main street of Silver City—until a flood washed it away.

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

Explore a misty river canyon from a metal bridge system.

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

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

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

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

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

This site honors the end of a 100-year boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico—all started by a river's shifting course.

A giant "X" symbolizes the blood spilled from the brutal Juárez drug wars.

When life gives you Prohibition, open a bar in Juárez.

Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.

The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.

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

A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

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

The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.

Marine fossils from the Devonian period are exposed at this park.

This monument claims to display the first pot used to cook a famed Southern stew.