Places terimagdanz Wants to Go

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

A remote field of nearly pristine sand dunes in the heart of the Mojave Desert.

Anyone can play paleontologist at this quarry that has Cambrian fossils galore.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

The shattered remnants of a meteor that struck Santa Fe more than a billion years ago.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

The only Native American comic shop in the world.

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

Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

A century-old miner's quarters turned mansion.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

The world’s first museum dedicated solely to electric vehicles.

A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

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

A fantastic resource for information on both Route 66 and the local area.