Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

When life gave this firefighter a forest fire, he made a rough-hewn sculpture park using a chainsaw.

Hidden inside this Arizona fast food franchise is an in-depth exhibit on the famed WWII counterintelligence program.

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

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

This sculpture is intended to reset a person’s creativity.

Owned by Native American women, this brewery is a celebration of indigenous culture in the American Southwest.

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

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

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

The 7,000-year-old calcium carbonate formation creates a magnificent natural bridge.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

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

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

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."