Places ieanferdinand Wants to Go

This unassuming layer of clay boasts an out-of-this-world origin story.

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

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

A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.

Hidden in the New Mexico desert southeast of Roswell, nine small deep lakes formed inside sinkholes.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

Crumbling remnants of what was once a booming town full of silver.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

All that remains of this abandoned coal town is a beautiful, haunting cemetery.

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

Thousands of mounted insects, and some live ones, hide within an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.

The 7,000-year-old calcium carbonate formation creates a magnificent natural bridge.

At this research institute, the chile is king.

The building stands within a quiet, postcard-perfect New Mexico village.

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

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

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

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

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

This high desert botanical garden is a unique display of New Mexico’s ecology and culture.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

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