Places chip520 Wants to Go

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

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.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

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

Haunted dolls, macabre artifacts, and more make up the collection of the “most haunted museum in the world.”

A life-size bronze statue of Ettore Boiardi, the man behind the can.

The golden age of flight captured in a downtown airport.

How did the front of a supersonic jet make its way to a display case in a Kansas City yard?

Savor the famous tempura-fried pork tenderloin sandwich at this long-standing Kansas City food counter.

This classic Kansas City song reference is the place for anyone who wants to stand at the corner of 12th Street and Vine.

Soak in the soul of Kansas City at the oldest continually-operating jazz club in the country.

Three historic trains run on a half-mile track that features a tunnel.

A magnificent church designed by world-renowned architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.