Places dstarr7517 Wants to Go

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

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

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

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

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

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

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

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

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

The location of the Bridge of Death and the Gorge of Eternal Peril in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.

A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

The first skyscraper to include a Ferris wheel built into the facade.

Loyal fans of one television's most famous painters still come to pay their respects.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

The world's largest model of our planetary system.

Prayers and messages of hope decorate the ceramic tiles of this pavilion.