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

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

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

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

This high desert botanical garden is a unique display of Northern New Mexico's geology.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

The building stands within a quiet, postcard-perfect New Mexico village.

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

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

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.

Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

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.

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