The unusual sculptures are believed to be powerful political symbols.

These strange carved boulders in a forested canyon resemble tiny stone villages.

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

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

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

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

A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

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

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

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

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

A labyrinthine underworld of tunnels and caverns hides beneath the city.

This unchanged Victorian park is rumored to have been the inspiration behind Peter Pan's Neverland.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.