This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his moniker to peaks.

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

Crumbling remnants of what was once a booming town full of silver.

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

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

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

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

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

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

This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

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

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

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

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.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.