Places Cruzercapt Wants to Go

Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

A mass grave for victims of an airline disaster that led to much-needed safety improvements for commercial flights.

This memorial includes fragments from one of the greatest tragedies in United States history.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

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

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

A ghost town revived by hippies and wanderers throws its own special brand of holiday parade.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

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

A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.