Places Oops3ggs Wants to Go

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

A flat-topped butte that makes a constant backdrop for Western art.

The highest peak in the Jemez Mountains and the traditional center of the Pueblo world.

High in the Sacramento Mountains, a facility dedicated to studying the sun.

A vibrant colony of rescued wolves and other canids.

The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.

A rare memento of a lost Indigenous group.

This remote camping site offers incredible stargazing opportunities.

These strange carved boulders in a forested canyon resemble tiny stone villages.

A beautiful red-faced slot canyon in northern New Mexico.

These unique volcanic rock formations offer the perfect opportunity to camp and hike.

Explore a misty river canyon from a metal bridge system.

From a T-rex to a teapot, a cast of artificial fossils illustrates New Mexico's history.

A strange sandstone formation in the middle of nowhere presents an interesting climbing opportunity.

A waterfall and cave near Arroyo Seco that inspired the writings of D. H. Lawrence, Willa Cather, and Mabel Dodge Luhan.

The ruins of this former mining boomtown once housed over 3,000 people. Now, the population is two.

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

Hidden in the New Mexico desert southeast of Roswell, nine small deep lakes formed inside sinkholes.

Inside this small museum resides a strange mix of miniature collections passed down over time.

Hidden in the Chihuahuan Desert resides an amazing collection of petroglyphs.

A ghost town revived by hippies and wanderers throws its own special brand of holiday parade.

This bird-shaped rock formation defies gravity, time, and classification.