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.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

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

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in 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."

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Gods clash with machines in a power plant regenerated as a museum.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

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

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

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

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

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

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

A B-17 bomber stands as a memorial to the residents of Tulare County who served in World War II.