Places wesping Wants to Go

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.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

A rare memento of a lost Indigenous group.

A flat-topped butte that makes a constant backdrop for Western art.

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

Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

A waterfall and cave near Arroyo Seco that inspired the writings of D. H. Lawrence, Willa Cather, and Mabel Dodge Luhan.

This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his moniker to peaks.

A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.

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

Adobe ruins punctuate the beauty of an 800 foot canyon carved by the Canadian River.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.

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

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

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

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."