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

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

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

Incredible sculptures inspired by obscure passages from the Bible.

A replica that won't float away.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

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

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.

Arizona's first government hub is a rustic cabin now preserved as part of a historical museum.

This memorial includes fragments from one of the greatest tragedies in United States history.

One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

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