Places carriemeech Wants to Go

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

Three witches are said to be buried beneath these unmarked concrete graves.

This historic stone barn is the former home of legendary cattleman Charles “Lonesome Dove” Goodnight.

Grown from a seed that went to the moon!

Enormous photography collection housed in a study center co-founded by Ansel Adams.

This small hill features the most notable collection of petroglyphs in Saguaro National Park.

First Joe Pagac sculpture; sculpture reflects native Tucson wildlife in an urban setting.

A colony of Mexican free-tailed bats live under the bridge and take flight at sundown all summer long.

During World War II this was the site of an "honor camp" used as a prison for draft dodgers, Native American conscientious objectors, and Japanese-Americans—including a man who brought his case against the camp to the Supreme Court.

Previously a hot spring, this park remains a site of unique history, wildlife, and geology.

This iconic 1958 tower welcomes air travelers to Tucson with neon-lit letters and architectural style.

A rare wayfinding portmanteau of “Street” and “Avenue.”

This church on a Tohono O'Odham reservation has stood since 1797.

Run by members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, this community farm nurtures traditional desert cultivars.

Make a wish at what might be America's only Catholic shrine to a sinner.

This quiet chapel was central to a community of settlers who reclaimed an abandoned fort.

This scrap yard doubles as a naive art gallery full of found art and farm animals.

The remains of this rugged homestead ranch offer a brief glimpse into a bygone era.

This collection of neon icons is preserving Arizona's history, one sign at a time.

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.