Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near New Mexico

While in New Mexico, you might enjoy a visit to:

Or at least the skeleton of a dinosaur, made of spare parts.
~6 miles from Alamogordo.

30 feet tall, and painted in bright colors not seen in other giant nuts.
~8 miles from Alamogordo.

Smokey Bear was a cartoon character and a real bear. A cartoon lives forever, but the real bear died during the Bicentennial. He's buried under a tree.
~51 miles from Alamogordo.

Artwork on an outdoor water tank chronicles the history of the U.S. space program. Displays in museum include, space food and a model of the forgotten Space Station Freedom.
~49 miles from Alamogordo.

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