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New Mexico Oddities

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Socorro, New Mexico

Twenty-seven giant radio dishes move across a remote desert plain.

Sandia Park, New Mexico

A handmade maze of miniature worlds and glass-bottle walls hides in the Sandia Mountains.

Tres Piedras, New Mexico

Off-grid homes made from tires and bottles rise from the high-desert mesa.

Farmington, New Mexico

A remote maze of mushroom-shaped rocks and alien-looking badlands.

Roswell, New Mexico

Roswell’s downtown museum turns a 1947 mystery into a full alien encounter.

Alamogordo, New Mexico

A 30-foot pistachio stands guard over a working orchard north of Alamogordo.

Roswell, New Mexico

Roswell’s most ordinary restaurant comes packaged as a flying saucer.

Jemez Springs, New Mexico

Hot springs built a strange, mineral-crusted dam across a mountain river.

Santa Rosa, New Mexico

A vivid blue, spring-fed sinkhole opens beside old Route 66.