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

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

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

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

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

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

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

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

A 50-foot-tall replica of the infamous lamp from 'A Christmas Story' illuminates this small town.

In Oklahoma City's Bricktown, there's a street that don't use jelly.

The largest single-building tribal cultural center in the U.S. is an expansive museum in Oklahoma City.

Named for the 39 tribes that live in Oklahoma, this restaurant's menu deliciously highlights local flavors.

This unique landscape is the only place in the world to dig for hourglass-selenite crystals.

The only fully-realized skyscraper built by the famed American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

This massive Art Deco-inspired mural was the world's largest augmented reality artwork at the time of its completion.

The collection is housed in an exquisite mansion that makes you feel like you've been transported to an Italian villa.

Oklahoma City's oldest arcade has reinvented itself as a competitive pinball mecca.

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

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.