Places chelsb423 Wants to Go

This centuries-old pueblo church houses the body of a Franciscan friar who is said to be a rare "incorruptible" corpse.

Adobe ruins punctuate the beauty of an 800 foot canyon carved by the Canadian River.

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.

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

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

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

This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.

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

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

Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.

This is one really big nut.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

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

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

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

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.

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

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

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

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

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