Places NG3894 Wants to Go

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

The building stands within a quiet, postcard-perfect New Mexico village.

This towering volcanic plug stands out among the dramatic formations that dot this otherworldly desert valley.

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

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

A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

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

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

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

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

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

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

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

Learn about the history and hopeful future of Maine’s nesting birds at this interactive Audubon facility.

A restored historic movie theater is the perfect place for a regional film archive.

An elderly widow still operates the incredibly detailed model railroad she and her husband built by hand.

East meets West in this Japanese-style garden featuring plants native to Maine’s Mount Desert Island.

The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.

The “Grand Canyon of Maine” is a three-mile gorge full of striking geological features.

The largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere.

Accessible only by boat, this centuries-old island fort never saw troops or combat.

This uninhabited island in Maine is home to various works of art left by visitors over the years.