The White Sands National Monument is a natural wonder, a desert in New Mexico, USA. It is a field of white dunes (275 sq mi/700 sq km) formed of white gypsum crystals. The desert is the world's largest gypsum dunefield. The view in the area is so amazing, you cannot get rid of the feeling you are surrounded by snow.
Bandelier National Monument preserves ancient Ancestral Pueblo dwellings and the surrounding wilderness. Most of the preserved homes date between 1150 and 1600 AD. The park is located near Los Alamos, New Mexico and was named for Adolph Bandelier, a 19th-century anthropologist.
The Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument in north-central New Mexico is a scenic area with white volcanic cone formations. One of the two hiking trails in the Monument passes through a slot canyon with hoodoos. There are similarities of the rock formations with the ones in Cappadocia, Turkey.
The Bisti Wilderness (Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness) is a landscape of badlands, offering fantasy world of stunning rock formations.