Places wesping Wants to Go

Owned by Native American women, this brewery is a celebration of indigenous culture in the American Southwest.

Volunteers spent years restoring a vintage steam locomotive to operating condition.

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

The only Native American comic shop in the world.

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

An ode to the history of telephones inside a telephone building.

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

A 6,888-carat piece of turquoise that bears a striking resemblance to the first President of the United States.

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

Apparently, the whole cosmos emanates from this plain concrete tower.

It's easy to see why this eclectic architectural wonder has been dubbed the "Spaceship House."

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

The most powerful laboratory radiation source in the world pulses with 1,000 times the electricity of a lightning bolt.

This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.

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

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

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

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

The U.S. Air Force has an anti-satellite laser weapon.

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

On the side of a remote mountain, a stone face bearing an inscription of mysterious origin.

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

A warm desert spring holds one of the rarest species on earth.