Places clpartin Wants to Go

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

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

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

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

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

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

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

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

This is one really big nut.

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

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

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.

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

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

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

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

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

This former prison is an Art Deco masterpiece with a past full of civil rights flashpoints.

Bat house that has only ever housed bat for one night; they all flew away and never came back.

An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.