Places 13rac1 Wants to Go

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

It's easy to see why this eclectic architectural wonder has been dubbed the "Spaceship House."

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

This high desert botanical garden is a unique display of New Mexico’s ecology and culture.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.

Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

An amazing collection of model trains, collectibles, and artifacts that span the last 100 years.

This abandoned bootleg attraction was built to cash in on the popularity of classic TV show, F Troop.

An off-the-beaten path cave with an underground lake.

A once popular resort—said to be the vacation spot of gangster Al Capone—now remains abandoned in the woods of Arizona.

Hike the unusual hoodoos and rock formations that form this little-known natural wonder.