Places wheninroam Wants to Go

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

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

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

This sundial indicates the time based on where you stand within it.

This remote camping site offers incredible stargazing opportunities.

Inside this small museum resides a strange mix of miniature collections passed down over time.

This popular pitstop lives up to its name.

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

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

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

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

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

In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

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

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

Part shoe store, part sociopolitical art gallery, part zoo.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

The statue of the famous elephant who was the original source of the word "jumbo".