Places skoenlaper Wants to Go

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

The lobby of this hotel near the U.S.-Mexico border features a stained-glass mural that measures 42 feet long and 6 feet tall.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

Crumbling remnants of what was once a booming town full of silver.

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

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

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.

This is one really big nut.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

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."

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

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

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

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

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.

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

This centuries-old pueblo church houses the body of a Franciscan friar who is said to be a rare "incorruptible" corpse.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.