Places cptmal Wants to Go

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

Despite a recent paint job, the factory still sits empty.

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

A ghost town now swarming with dozens of prairie dogs.

These cliff and rock formations are made out of Sioux Quartzite.

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

One of the most extensive and well-preserved collections of dinosaur footprints in North America.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

Petroglyphs, bird watching, and a 100-year-old Ranch in one location.

More than 300 years ago, a revolt at this Hopi pueblo shaped the future of the American Southwest.