Lancaster, South Carolina
Springs Park
A nearly century-old amusement park is quietly decaying in a riverside forest in South Carolina.
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Lancaster, South Carolina
A nearly century-old amusement park is quietly decaying in a riverside forest in South Carolina.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Fans have made a utility pole near where the 90s musician was shot into an ersatz memorial.
Big Bend National Park, Texas
This gravity-defying rock formation is one of Big Bend’s natural wonders.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.
Sloan, Nevada
Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.
Brian Head, Utah
Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.
Calipatria, California
Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.
St. George, Utah
Although it also features red, orange, and variegated cliffs of Navajo Sandstone, this state park is often overshadowed by its more famous neighbor.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
New Mexico
One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.
San Bernardino County, California
An improbable set of attractive limestone caverns forms the centerpiece of Providence Mountains State Recreation Area, in the heart of the Mojave Desert.
Moapa Valley, Nevada
The rocks exposed at Valley of Fire State Park also occur in a much less known but equally spectacular area a few miles to the southwest.
Aztec, New Mexico
The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.
Niland, California
An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.
Tropic, Utah
A late-19th century diversion canal built by hand crosses Bryce Canyon National Park and is still in use.
Duck Creek Village, Utah
An improbable waterfall springs from an orange-white cliff face, tumbling into the headwaters of the Virgin River above Zion National Park.
Littlefield, Arizona
An improbable sinkhole in the sediments flanking the Beaver Dam Mountains.
Clark County, Nevada
This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.
Overton, Nevada
Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.
Puerto Palomas, Mexico
A mecca of Mexican art and cuisine just over the border.
Clark County, Nevada
The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.
Moapa Valley, Nevada
Named after an outlaw who used the basin as a hideout.
Nevada
A spectacular slot canyon at the northern edge of Lake Mead National Recreation Area.