Move over, South Dakota: You're not the only state known for its badlands.

Contrary to its name, this area of northwestern New Mexico is ruggedly beautiful in an alien-like way — so much so that you may be surprised to learn it's never served as a shooting location for a major sci-fi movie. The Badlands are formally known as the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness Area — "bisti" translates to "among the adobe formations" in the Navajo language, and "de-na-zin" refers to a crane (the avian kind) — but the area is still commonly referred to as the Bisti Badlands. Covering about 45,000 acres, the Badlands are dotted with strange and memorable geological formations — mushroom-shaped rocks made of colorful soft sandstone and tall, thin hoodoos shaped by millions of years of erosion.

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