Places melissabaker Wants to Go

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

The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.

Adobe ruins punctuate the beauty of an 800 foot canyon carved by the Canadian River.

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.

On the edge of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, these rock formations create an eerie landscape.

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

This high desert botanical garden is a unique display of New Mexico’s ecology and culture.

Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

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

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

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

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

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

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

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

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

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

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

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

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

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.