Places abbarr Wants to Go

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

When it was built in 1929, this historic bridge was the only place to cross the Colorado River for 600 miles.

High in the trees or suspended between cables, these surreal structures are the works of a unique Japanese architect.

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

The ruins of this former mining boomtown once housed over 3,000 people. Now, the population is two.

A home base for Judy Chicago, one of America's leading radical feminist artists.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.

The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.

This sculpture perfectly models the molecular structure of a drug that was never produced.

A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.

The shattered remnants of a meteor that struck Santa Fe more than a billion years ago.

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

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

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

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

This bird-shaped rock formation defies gravity, time, and classification.

A vibrant colony of rescued wolves and other canids.

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

One man handcrafts "the best sake made outside of Japan" in a tiny desert town on Route 66.