Places seamusemmett Wants to Go

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

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

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

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

Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

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

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

When life gave this firefighter a forest fire, he made a rough-hewn sculpture park using a chainsaw.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

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

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

This high desert botanical garden is a unique display of New Mexico’s ecology and culture.

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

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

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

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

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

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