Places Xtonx Wants to Go

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

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

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

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

This towering volcanic plug stands out among the dramatic formations that dot this otherworldly desert valley.

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

This high desert botanical garden is a unique display of New Mexico’s ecology and culture.

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

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

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

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

A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

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

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

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

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

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

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.

A spectacular overlook of the Little Grand Canyon of the San Rafael River, a deep sandstone gorge streaked with orange, red and white in a remote, uncrowded part of Utah.