Places James Ricci Wants to Go

Modeled after the big, ferocious Hexham Grey mosquito.

A famous flea market artist's studio that's full of odds and ends.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

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

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

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

In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.

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

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

Seven flags adorn this Texas museum, one for each of the powers that have ruled the area.

The final resting place of Captain William Becknell, the Old West frontiersman who forged the Santa Fe Trail.

This once lawless patch of land was home to an infamous and deadly land feud.

Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

The biggest drug trafficking passage between Mexico and the U.S.

The water in this preserved area spawns vegetation that gives it a deep green color.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

The man who wasn't there.

A time-capsule monument reminding future generations of the importance of efficient and effective use of natural resources.

Witness to many historic moments in early Texas history.

A peg-legged tightrope walker did not reveal his name as he was dying, and so he was buried as “Rope Walker."

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

The folks at the Devil's Rope Museum want you to get hooked on barbed wire history.

Established in 1925, Kiddie Park claims to be the oldest amusement park in the U.S. - a cozy little time warp nestled in a shady corner of the modern world.