Places gigielmes Wants to Go

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

The first of the iconic American roadside attractions lives on as a college mascot.

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

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

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

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

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

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

This cheery fruit farmer welcomes visitors to a classic roadside emporium.

A surprise blip of color and kitsch.

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

This is one really big nut.

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

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

A giant mascot, a car bomb, and the mafia mingle in the history of a defunct restaurant chain.

Some 10,000 works of ancient rock art cover these volcanic basalt outcrops near the Gila River.

This collection of vintage signs reflects the long and colorful history of this Arizona town.

These petroglyphs created by ancient Arizonians have withstood centuries of exposure to the elements.

Since World War II people have been decorating this stretch of the Yuma desert with signatures arranged out of rocks.

Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown.

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

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.