Places EpiphanyFleeting Wants to Go

A forgotten Cold War relic hidden in the outskirts of a Wisconsin city.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

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

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

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

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

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

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

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

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

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

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

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

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

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

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

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.