Places izzyturtle Wants to Go

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

Travel through the wholesome amusements of yesteryear at this charming miniature village.

This underfoot portrait is the work of a disgruntled painter inspired by a tragic poem.

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

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."

The childhood home of Henry Jones Jr. is now an adventure-themed bed and breakfast.

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

Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

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

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

This is one really big nut.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

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

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

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

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

Seller of surplus nuclear research materials.

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

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.