Places hotpants038 Wants to Go

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

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

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

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

This is one really big nut.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

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

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

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."

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

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

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

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

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

The formidable fowl can be found standing near an isolated hiking path.

A 6-mile-long lake created by an apocalyptic seismic event and the deadly chain reaction that ensued.

This set of hot springs also comes with fantastic views.

This pop-culture shop also offers the chance to become part of their favorite tv show or movie.

This oddity shop contains everything from antique tools to a human skeleton.