Places jekinthebox Wants to Go

Hidden in the Chihuahuan Desert resides an amazing collection of petroglyphs.

Some of the Old West's most notorious outlaws frequented this mining town.

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

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

The frozen bubbles that form on the icy surface of this Canadian lake contain enough methane to create a small explosion.

To honor his gardening wife, this yard artist turns bowling balls into playful, colorful sculptures.

A small Wyoming town is home to the state's oldest-operating soda fountain.

A colorful, century-old cemetery of the Yaqui Indian Tribe hidden amid the suburban sprawl of Tempe, Arizona.

These mid-century motels once housed the workers who built the Glen Canyon Dam.

This scrap yard doubles as a naive art gallery full of found art and farm animals.

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

In this roadside "community for the small," abandoned toys gain new lives.

This park is home to well over 100 handmade birdhouses.