Places graceling Wants to Go

The stone-covered graves lie within the ruins of an Old West ghost town.

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

Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.

This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.

Outsider Art Community.

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

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

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

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

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

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

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

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

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

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

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

This reclusive Hopi village in Arizona has been continuously populated longer than anywhere else in America.

More than 300 years ago, a revolt at this Hopi pueblo shaped the future of the American Southwest.

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

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

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.