Places SanJosway Wants to Go

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

This naturally-sourced hot spring is now home to a clothing-optional resort.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

The statue, located at a mansion-turned-emancipation museum, honors Galveston’s history as the birthplace of Juneteenth.

This memorial and the seawall that it stands near are powerful symbols of the island’s resilience.

Water still flows through the oldest Spanish aqueduct in America.

Despite changing times, the legendary stage has proved the show must always go on.

West African flavors shine at this unassuming strip mall spot in southwest Houston.

Viet-Cajun is a true hybrid cuisine that evolved in Houston and at this Asiatown mainstay, there’s more to it than just crawfish.

Look no further than this local institution for the best East Texas–style barbecue.

Venture from downtown Houston to the suburb of Katy for stellar Malaysian food.

Fall through a crack in the seams of reality at this immersive art installation.

The preserved wheel ruts of El Camino Real de los Tejas, an 18th-century Spanish colonial road across America's Southwest.

A park home to some unusually large rocks.

El Paso's only historic house museum is an adobe mansion built by a prominent multicultural borderlands family.

A group of college students hauled a desk up a mountain more than 40 years ago. The notebooks inside have become a makeshift time capsule.

Get your gift of the gab on Route 66.

At this Austin dive bar, it's been Christmas every day for more than 50 years.

The longest floating boardwalk in the United States.

The home of a former Minor League baseball team that beat Joe DiMaggio's New York Yankees in 1949.