A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

One man handcrafts "the best sake made outside of Japan" in a tiny desert town on Route 66.

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

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.

The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.

The remains of a historic ranch house that witnessed the Civil War battle dubbed the “Gettysburg of the West.”

A little slice of Florida face-in-a-hole kitsch, unexpectedly located in a small New Mexico town.

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

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

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

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

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

An incredible airplane graveyard sits outside this small museum dedicated to preserving aviation history.

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

This sculpture perfectly models the molecular structure of a drug that was never produced.

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

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