Places AKAnderswo Wants to Go

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

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

On the side of a remote mountain, a stone face bearing an inscription of mysterious origin.

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

A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.

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

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

This is one really big nut.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

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

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

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 ornate Buddhist temple located in an Atlanta suburb, built by and for the Laotian community.

One-of-a-kind museum inside the first Boeing 747-400 ever made.