Places nickblossom Wants to Go

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

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

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

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.

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

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

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

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

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

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

A shady solar power system that couldn't hold up to the harsh desert conditions.

Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.

Eat burgers beneath gargantuan taxidermy and thousands of dollar bills in Utah's oldest continuously-operating bar.

What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?

An empty mine that some believe will suddenly be filled with fortune and treasures at the end of the world.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

Incredible sculptures inspired by obscure passages from the Bible.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.