Socorro, New Mexico
Socorro Isopod
A warm desert spring holds one of the rarest species on earth.
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Socorro, New Mexico
A warm desert spring holds one of the rarest species on earth.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Henrieville, Utah
This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
Newberry Springs, California
The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.
San Bernardino, California
Where NASA's satellites and rovers phone home.
Boron, California
Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.
California City, California
The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.
Edwards Air Force Base, California
These colossal desert barcodes have been fine-tuning spy satellites for decades.
Rosamond, California
Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.
Parowan, Utah
Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.