Places pharma5x3 Wants to Go

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

One of the world's largest telescopes, stares into the night sky with two huge mirrors.

The largest copper mine in Arizona, this enormous open pit emerges from the hills like an alien landscape.

Some of the Old West's most notorious outlaws frequented this mining town.

This abandoned church dominates the landscape of a former mining boomtown.

A mecca of Mexican art and cuisine just over the border.

This replica of the Indian spiritual master Meher Baba's tomb stands unfinished in the New Mexico desert.

This roadside sculpture garden in New Mexico venerates Mother Earth and outsider art.

Located near the U.S.-Mexico border, this park remembers the famous raid of General Francisco “Pancho” Villa and his soldiers.

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

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

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

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

This remote camping site offers incredible stargazing opportunities.

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

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.

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

This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his moniker to peaks.

Secluded springs in the Rio Grande Gorge offer hot bathing beside the haunted ruins of a stagecoach stop.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.

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

This ranch on the banks of the Rio Grande is home to a little-known LGBTQ history of Mary Cabot Wheelwright, Marie Chabot, and two-spirit Navajo weaver Hastiin Klah.