Places kjkadk Wants to Go

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.

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

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

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

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

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

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

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

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.