UFOs and Eco-tripping

Don't just do the same stuff everyone else does, go geeky.

3) Roswell, New Mexico

It's too late to make the Roswell UFO Festival, which concludes July 5, but even if you can't there's still plenty for a card-carrying geek to like about a potential visit to the alleged location of the nation's most-famous UFO incident. Just remember, if you see a dude in a black suit wearing dark glasses, stay away.

4) Biosphere 2, Tucson, Ariz.

Socially conscious geeks surely will want to make the pilgrimage to Tucson someday to visit this futuristic complex, where scientist and researchers are attempting to advance our understanding of the Earth and how our living here affects it. They'd have worked on better understanding IT, but they wanted to start with something less complex.