Places halfLight7 Wants to Go

The remains of a boarding school designed to forcibly assimilate Native American children.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

The lost ruins of the forgotten ferry lie hidden beneath the silt.

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

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

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

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

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

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

The graffiti-covered ruins of an abandoned trading post in the middle of the Navajo Nation.

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

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

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.

Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.

Site of the 1879 Cheyenne Outbreak and the site where famed Sioux chief Crazy Horse met his fate.

A rancher expanding a natural spring for his cattle came up with bones – lots and lots of them.

Otherworldly rock formations and ancient fossils abound in this unique stretch of Nebraska badlands.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.

Only place outside China and India where two overhead DC power lines cross.