Places BrandyBacon Wants to Go

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

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

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

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

Stock up on all your horror paraphernalia at this year-round Halloween emporium.

At an isolated roadside rest area stands a monument marking where famous Western star Tom Mix died in 1940.

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

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

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

This is one really big nut.

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

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

Owned by Native American women, this brewery is a celebration of indigenous culture in the American Southwest.

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

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

This popular pitstop lives up to its name.

Hidden in the New Mexico desert southeast of Roswell, nine small deep lakes formed inside sinkholes.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.