Places skoenlaper Wants to Go

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

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

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.

More than 300 years ago, a revolt at this Hopi pueblo shaped the future of the American Southwest.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

Although now a decaying ruin, this stone cabin's history includes several notable figures.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

A strenuous, unofficial trail leads to spectacular views in one of America's most remote national monuments.

Outsider Art Community.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.

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

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.