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Billy the Kid Museum and Replica Grave
Fort Sumner, New Mexico
Outlaw Billy didn't have much, but much of what he had is displayed here, along with an accurate replica of his grave.
Billy the Kid's Grave
Fort Sumner, New Mexico
Enclosed in a steel cage to prevent theft. Outlaw Billy the Kid's punishment is to be not only dead, but to spend eternity behind bars.
Atomic Cannon
Albuquerque, New Mexico
One of the surviving M65 280mm Atomic Cannons, designed to fire a nuclear shell far enough so that it would vaporize an enemy without vaporizing itself.

Sights for Oddball Excursions

New Mexico Museum of Space History
Alamogordo, New Mexico
New Mexico reaches for the stars with an educational and amusing collection of exhibits and unique artifacts.
National Museum of Nuclear Science and History
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Former National Atomic Museum still packs a punch with weapons and memorabilia of the Atom Age.
Teako's Giants of Hatch
Hatch, New Mexico
Teako Nunn has gathered America's fiberglass statue elite at his BBQ restaurant and RV business.
International UFO Museum
Roswell, New Mexico
Most serious look at UFOs in town. For those who go bug-eyed over little green men and their cracked-up saucers, the truth is in here.
Area 51 Museum, Alien Zone
Roswell, New Mexico
Pose for gag photos with aliens, and see a black light City of the Future!
Roswell Alien Attraction Autopsy
Roswell, New Mexico
Bulb-headed aliens and outer space jalopies: a sure sign you've reached downtown Roswell.
Tinkertown
Sandia Park, New Mexico
Tiny miniatures -- too many to count -- in mechanical motion, the life's work of the late Ross Ward.
House of Eternal Return
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A choose-your-own-adventure sci-fi multiverse of art and musical lasers. Wormholes, alternate realities, and a video hamster.
Four Corners USA
Shiprock, New Mexico
Geographical join point where four states meet, marked with an official seal and ringed by souvenir stands.
The Very Large Array (VLA)
Socorro, New Mexico
Money-shot from countless sci-fi films, the VLA listens for exotic space noise while tolerating terrestrial tourists.
World's Largest Pistachio Nut
Alamogordo, New Mexico
30 feet high, and painted in bright colors not seen in other giant nuts.
White Sands: Alien Dunescape
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Ride snow saucers year-round down towering dunes of gypsum crystals. Surprisingly close to civilization for an alien moonscape.
Smokey Bear Museum And Grave
Capitan, New Mexico
Smokey Bear was a cartoon character and a real bear. A cartoon lives forever, but the real bear died.
El Santuario de Chimayo Shrine
Chimayo, New Mexico
Miraculous Catholic shrine in New Mexico. Many attest to the spiritual and physical curative powers of faith in the sacred dirt.
Apple Boy
High Rolls, New Mexico
A 13-foot-tall retro apple-headed lad designed by its owners, who are artists and apple fans.