Places claireromama Wants to Go

This popular pitstop lives up to its name.

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

Some of the Old West's most notorious outlaws frequented this mining town.

Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

This is one really big nut.

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

A museum capturing one of the world's most famous classical composer's battle with hearing loss.

Overshadowed by the theme park opposite it, this small museum explores a major moment in American history.

This magical grotto is adorned with a complex pattern of native seashells, minerals, and fragments of colored glass.

This historic silent film-era theater is now a community playhouse with a chilling visitor.

A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.

This 19th-century house museum features a horse-drawn hearse and other antique oddities.

This statue celebrating early Hollywood is largely forgotten, while its twin replica at Walt Disney World has become an icon.

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

This chicken coop pays homage to a classic architectural style made famous throughout the southern United States.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

This combination shop and museum is filled with curious items and artifacts.

Birdhouses, peacocks, animal sculptures, and a graveyard are all found along this eclectic nature trail.

A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.