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This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

Although it also features red, orange, and variegated cliffs of Navajo Sandstone, this state park is often overshadowed by its more famous neighbor.

Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.

A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

A group of college students hauled a desk up a mountain more than 40 years ago. The notebooks inside have become a makeshift time capsule.

This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.

A tribute to the little-known group of women who were the first ever to fly aircraft in the U.S. military.

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

Beauty and history abound in this remote West Texas canyon.

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.