Places wlongson23 Wants to Go

The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.

A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.

The 7,000-year-old calcium carbonate formation creates a magnificent natural bridge.

Thousands of mounted insects, and some live ones, hide within an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.

In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.

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

At this research institute, the chile is king.

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

Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.

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

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.

Some of the Old West's most notorious outlaws frequented this mining town.

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

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

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

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

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

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

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.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

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