Places csieminski Wants to Go

The remains of a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp dot a windswept Colorado hill.

High in the Sacramento Mountains, a facility dedicated to studying the sun.

The home of famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle is now a library and museum dedicated to his memory.

A vibrant colony of rescued wolves and other canids.

Explore a misty river canyon from a metal bridge system.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.

Owned by Native American women, this brewery is a celebration of indigenous culture in the American Southwest.

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

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.

This high desert botanical garden is a unique display of New Mexico’s ecology and culture.

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

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

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

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.

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

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

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

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