New Mexico

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Ice Cave and Bandera Volcano
Grants, New Mexico
Short hikes to a volcano crater and an ice cave, where the water is perpetually frozen. Vintage trading post and museum.
Connie's Photo Park
Madrid, New Mexico
Connie Mayhew filled a roadside lot with old-style stick-your-head-in-the-hole photo-ops she painted herself. She's often there, and will snap your photo.
Rattlesnake Museum
Albuquerque, New Mexico
34 different varieties of rattlesnakes behind glass. All visitors receive a Certificate of Bravery signed by the owner.
Lewis Antique Auto and Toy Museum
Moriarty, New Mexico
Hundreds of old cars, a big showroom of more cars, toys, jukeboxes, etc. Owner Archie Lewis has been collecting stuff since the 1940s.

Sights for Oddball Excursions

Roswell Alien Attraction Autopsy
Roswell, New Mexico
Bulb-headed aliens and outer space jalopies: a sure sign you've reached downtown Roswell.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
The most serious look at UFOs in Roswell, for those who go bug-eyed over little green men and their cracked-up saucers.
Alien Zone: Area 51
Roswell, New Mexico
Pose for gag photos with space aliens!
Roswell UFO Spacewalk
Roswell, New Mexico
The black light Spacewalk features "a spectacular panorama of outer space viewed from the deck of an alien starship."
Fox Cave: Billy the Kid, Zombie Hands
Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico
A cave that you can't go inside is actually a collection of oddities, including giant zombie hands and a gun once owned by Billy the Kid.
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
Alamogordo, New Mexico
30 feet high, this otherworldly monolith rises from the Chihuahuan Desert.