Places mjlondon Wants to Go

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

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

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

This cultural center showcases what may be the oldest ongoing community in all of North America.

The only international border marker within the United States.

It's where the final scene of the beloved Tom Hanks movie was filmed.

American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.

This little slice of old Jerusalem in Oklahoma is the evolution of a century-old passion play.

A peculiar forest that was handcrafted for government experiments.

Final resting place of Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and the first atomic gun ever fired.