Everything OddWay knows about. Narrow it down by what you're after, or where you're going.
Stories a place tells about itself, passed down and still repeated.
Santa Fe, NM
The chapel's famous spiral staircase rises two complete turns without an obvious central support, inspiring decades of engineering discussion and miracle lore. Modern structural explanations exist, but the mystery remains central to the visitor experience.
Cimarron, NM
Lovers Leap is a cliff at roughly 7,300 feet on Philmont Scout Ranch, looking out over the backcountry and the Tooth of Time. Philmont runs a three-mile round trip to it, but this is ranch property rather than an open viewpoint, so arrange access rather than turning up.
Alamogordo, NM
This unusual museum examines the Shroud of Turin through a life-size research photograph, historical material and a VP-8 image-analysis display. The original shroud is not here; the attraction focuses on the scientific and religious mystery surrounding it.
Hotels, theatres, prisons and back roads with a reputation.
Mesilla, NM
The historic adobe property is associated with a long-running local legend about two young lovers killed there and later reported as apparitions. It is an operating restaurant, so OddWay should present the story as lore and respect normal business access.
Santa Fe, NM
The historic resort incorporates the former Staab mansion, where long-running hotel lore describes the apparition of Julia Staab. It is an operating hotel, so the paranormal story should be presented as tradition and public access kept to normal guest/visitor areas.
Cimarron, NM
This 1870s hotel leans heavily into stories of gunfighters, violent deaths and reported paranormal activity. It remains a functioning hotel, so hauntings should be presented as property lore and access limited to public or booked areas.
Sighting sites, crash lore and the towns that kept the file open.
Santa Fe, NM
Mapped as the Alien Museum, this shares an address with Rockin' Rollers Event Arena, a long-running roller rink known for its extensive alien-themed decor. There is no separate museum with its own hours — you see the extraterrestrial displays by turning up to a public skating session or an event.
West Hammond, NM
Not a statue or a business but a naturally eroded rock formation in the Bisti Rock Garden, among named hoodoos including the Elegant Hoodoo and the Valley of Bones. This is BLM-managed federal wilderness rather than Navajo Nation land. Open to hikers, but there are no marked routes, effectively no phone signal or water, and access roads can become impassable after rain or snow.
Roswell, NM
A downtown alien-themed photo attraction fills staged rooms with saucers, extraterrestrials and deliberately campy Roswell scenery. It is a separate stop from the UFO museum and one of the city's strongest pieces of roadside alien kitsch.
Corona, NM
BLM identifies a lawful public-land hiking access point connected with an alleged 1947 UFO 'skip' or crash story near Corona. Vehicle approaches used historically cross private property, so OddWay should route only to the BLM access and never across ranch land.
Roswell, NM
Roswell's best-known UFO museum centers on the 1947 Roswell Incident and the decades of documents, witness accounts, photographs and popular culture that followed it. The museum treats the city's defining UFO story as the main attraction rather than a side exhibit.
Capitan, NM
These coordinates match the BLM's Alleged UFO Skip Site, where the agency has built a legal public route: park on Lincoln County Road B007 and walk roughly a mile across BLM land. The old approaches from north and south cross private property and may not be used. Remote, unshaded, and with no water.
Real events too strange to have made the textbook.
Zuni, NM
This Pueblo of Zuni tribal museum interprets A:shiwi history and culture from a Zuni perspective rather than through an outside collection. Visitors should follow community photography, access and cultural rules while in Zuni.
Ramah, NM
A trail climbs above El Morro to the remains of Atsinna, a large ancestral Pueblo community built around the late 1200s. Rim conditions and weather can close the route even when lower monument trails remain open.
Aztec, NM
A remarkably intact ancestral Pueblo great house includes original roofs, T-shaped doorways and a reconstructed Great Kiva. Despite the modern name 'Aztec,' the site was built by ancestral Pueblo peoples, not the Aztec civilization of Mexico.
Los Alamos, NM
A trail from Frijoles Canyon climbs ladders roughly 140 feet to a ceremonial site set high in a cliff alcove. Ladder conditions and seasonal closures make it unsuitable as an always-open stop.
White Rock, NM
The detached Tsankawi unit follows worn ancestral footpaths across a mesa past cavates, petroglyphs and pueblo remains. The route is exposed and culturally sensitive, with ladders and narrow paths that can close in poor conditions.
Los Alamos, NM
The main loop at Bandelier passes Tyuonyi Pueblo, cliff dwellings and rooms carved into volcanic tuff. Shuttle requirements, weather and seasonal operations can affect access to the Frijoles Canyon visitor area.
Small, specific collections run by people who care far too much.
Albuquerque, NM
Live rattlesnakes and snake-related artifacts fill this compact Old Town museum, which focuses almost entirely on one famously feared group of reptiles. The narrow specialty makes it one of Albuquerque's strongest OddWay museum fits.
Aztec, NM
Historic buildings, farm equipment, household collections and a reconstructed pioneer village sit together behind the local museum. The mix gives visitors a dense, old-fashioned overview of the San Juan Basin after the ancestral Pueblo era.
Fort Sumner, NM
This long-running private museum holds firearms, photographs, saddles and frontier artifacts connected with Billy the Kid and the surrounding region. Its dense, old-school collection feels closer to a roadside cabinet of curiosities than a polished state museum.
Hillsboro, NM
This small museum interprets the mining, ranching and frontier history of Hillsboro and the Black Range through local artifacts and photographs. Limited community-run hours make it a check-ahead stop.
Farmington, NM
A second Bolack collection focuses on antique engines, electrical equipment, vehicles, farm machinery and mechanical devices. It is distinct from the wildlife museum and generally requires advance arrangements or event-day access.
Farmington, NM
This private museum displays a vast taxidermy collection assembled by rancher and former governor Tom Bolack, including animals from around the world. Its scale and old-school presentation make it one of the state's stranger collection museums.
Giant objects, odd monuments and things built for no clear reason.
Nageezi, NM
Soft gray-green badlands hide caprock hoodoos and dinosaur-age fossils across a remote BLM wilderness. There are no formal trails or water, making navigation and weather planning essential.
Alamogordo, NM
This strenuous loop crosses the heart of White Sands where the gypsum dunes are largest and the developed landscape disappears. The route is exposed, waterless and occasionally affected by missile-range closures, so conditions must be checked before hiking.
Bloomfield, NM
A pale sandstone pinnacle rises above eroded badlands filled with hoodoos, petrified wood and fossil-bearing layers. BLM warns that the unpaved access road can become impassable when wet and recommends high clearance.
Farmington, NM
Hoodoos, petrified wood and eroded clay hills create one of New Mexico's most alien-looking landscapes. The Bisti trailhead is the lawful routable entry; roads are unpaved, cell service is minimal and fossils or cultural objects must not be collected.
Santa Rosa, NM
An artesian spring forms an almost perfectly round, deep blue pool in the middle of high-desert Santa Rosa. Its constant clear water and depth make it a nationally known diving site as well as a natural roadside oddity.
Tucumcari, NM
One of Route 66's best-preserved neon motels still operates beneath its famous blue-swallow sign. Travelers can appreciate the exterior from public areas, but guest spaces remain private unless staying at the property.
