Places jogg099 Wants to Go

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

A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.

This popular pitstop lives up to its name.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

This giant pocket watch is the third iteration of a local landmark that has been standing just off the Santa Fe Plaza for over 100 years.

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

Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

A mass grave for victims of an airline disaster that led to much-needed safety improvements for commercial flights.

One man handcrafts "the best sake made outside of Japan" in a tiny desert town on Route 66.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

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

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

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

John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, and other Hollywood actors have resided in this picturesque Route 66 hotel.

A 26-foot-tall jackrabbit celebrates the past and future of the Southwest.

Millions of years of erosion created the feature for which this rock formation is aptly named.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

Four tons of weapons merge together in a memorial against violence.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

Artifacts from a battleship sunk at Pearl Harbor displayed in the Capitol building of its namesake.

These petroglyphs created by ancient Arizonians have withstood centuries of exposure to the elements.

Opinions differ as to whether this Arizona tree was actually used as a Wild West jail, but that hasn't stopped the town from capitalizing on it.