Places mojavenc Wants to Go

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

In eastern Oregon, two mineral hot springs sit along the Malheur River in a fairly desolate area where peace and quiet are abound.

An improbable sinkhole in the sediments flanking the Beaver Dam Mountains.

This Oregon farm is dedicated to teaching people the professional art of tree climbing.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

A carnivorous plant paradise in a serpentine bog.

The remote graves of a Scottish family who died of thirst while attempting to reach St. George.

Nature has shaped this drainage tunnel into the digestive tract of a mighty beast.

This mangled and twisted wreckage left by the side of a Mexican road was no accident, but a planned crash in the name of science and safety.

This gorgeous stretch of coastline is home to beautiful views and centuries-old rock art.

From Nunavut to Tierra del Fuego, you won't find any lighthouse higher than this one.

This colorful, ornately-decorated cemetery sits next to a quiet cove known as "the beach of the dead."

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

This building is a recreation of the gatehouse that separated Los Alamos from the outside world during the era of the Manhattan Project.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

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

Owned by Native American women, this brewery is a celebration of indigenous culture in the American Southwest.

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

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

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

At this research institute, the chile is king.

A Bhutanese temple gifted from the isolated Himalayan kingdom is now a surprising cultural gem located at the University of Texas at El Paso.

This site honors the end of a 100-year boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico—all started by a river's shifting course.