Places Cshadow23 Wants to Go

A large wave-cut arch in limestone, carved by Pleistocene Lake Bonneville, is perched atop a ridge.

Not your typical pet cemetery.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

Two creeks flow out of either end of this canyon in opposite directions.

The decaying ruins of a failed mining company’s water diversion project cling to the side of a desert canyon.

A river runs through this remote valley in a very unexpected way.

A unique arch graces the Dolores River Canyon near the Hanging Flume.

This now-abandoned part of the original transcontinental railroad route provides a surreal driving and historical experience.

A remote sandstone plateau named for a legendary cattle rustler.

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

For over a century, it has been a tradition to raise a flag at the top of this 450-foot sandstone pillar on the 4th of July.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

The limestone composition of this spectacular arch makes it unique to the region.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.

Explore a wealth of fossils in one of the most prolific dig sites in North America.

This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

This remote Colorado canyon is home to the second-largest collection of natural arches in the world.

This ancient village provides insight into the complexity of the pre-Columbian Fremont Culture.

Named for a prominent scout and explorer, this Wyoming state park encompasses a replica of an 1840s trading post, a 19th-century Army outpost, and early 20th-century automobile lodgings.