Places meltravelz Wants to Go

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

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

This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.

The Milburn-Price Culture Museum in Vega offers a brand-name oversized cultural attraction.

An oasis of lilies cultivated by the "Indiana Jones of Water Lilies."

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

A unique cartoon-filled roadside attraction.

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.

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

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

The trout that grew a winter coat is mounted in its Colorado hometown.

Drift through decades of high desert music history at this funky hometown museum.

These Neolithic burial mounds and a still-intact passage tomb may have solar calendar significance on the spring and autumn equinoxes.

An ancient chamber filled with wonderful rock art and a Neolithic carving of a human face.

Learn about the sweet, storied legacy of beekeeping in ancient Greece.

One of the most exquisite Lycian hilltop citadels in Turkey.

At this ancient settlement at the foot of Mount Babadağ, honeycomb tombs are carved into a round cliff.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.

The legendary wooden horse that stands in modern Troy is a prop from the 2004 Wolfgang Petersen film.

Temple complex that once housed the famous statue of Nike.

An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.

Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.