Places ERuler39 Wants to Go

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

The ruins of this former mining boomtown once housed over 3,000 people. Now, the population is two.

The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.

A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.

This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his moniker to peaks.

This centuries-old pueblo church houses the body of a Franciscan friar who is said to be a rare "incorruptible" corpse.

The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

The shattered remnants of a meteor that struck Santa Fe more than a billion years ago.

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

Some of the Old West's most notorious outlaws frequented this mining town.

Adobe ruins punctuate the beauty of an 800 foot canyon carved by the Canadian River.

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

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

In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

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

A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

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