An artistically engineered dam designed to honor the relationship between humankind and nature.

A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.

In 1847, Brigham Young climbed this hill to survey the Salt Lake Valley and saw a fine place to build a city.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Nature has shaped this drainage tunnel into the digestive tract of a mighty beast.

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

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

Named after an outlaw who used the basin as a hideout.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

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

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

One of the first intercontinental ballistic missile sites in the United States.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."