Places emilynealy Wants to Go

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

Hidden inside this Arizona fast food franchise is an in-depth exhibit on the famed WWII counterintelligence program.

This isolated outpost was once the only place to cross the Colorado River for hundreds of miles.

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

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

The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.

An incredible airplane graveyard sits outside this small museum dedicated to preserving aviation history.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

The eroded core of an ancient volcano is now accessible by a short hike.

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

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.

An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

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

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

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

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

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