The largest public collection of roses in the United States.

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

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

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

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

The ruins of this former mining boomtown once housed over 3,000 people. Now, the population is two.

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

This centuries-old pueblo church houses the body of a Franciscan friar who is said to be a rare "incorruptible" corpse.

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

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

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