Places jmdrago27 Wants to Go

The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.

One of the few places where you can visit a cenote and Maya ruins at the same time.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

This comprehensive collection features Native American artifacts dating back centuries.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

This remote desert watering hole has a connection to a curious chapter of American history.

The highest concentration of petroglyph sites in Gold Butte National Monument, plus an improbable early 20th-century dam.

Ute tour guides have been sharing the ancient dwellings and rock art inside this large park with visitors for more than 40 years.

Rushing water plunges over a 100-foot drop created by an ancient lava flow at this majestic waterfall.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.

No Gordon Lightfoot song, only a barebones monument to greed.

The deadly but beautiful ornamental oleander was planted all over the island of Galveston after the hurricane of 1900.

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

A unique World War II memorial commemorates where the American B-17 bomber Man-O-War crashed.

The wreckage of a deadly bomber plane crash can still be found near an Arizona peak.

The short-lived history of a new republic and British control in West Florida.