Kane, Utah
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.
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Kane, Utah
This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.
Bloomfield, New Mexico
The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.
Farmington, New Mexico
Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.
Mexican Hat, Utah
This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.
Nageezi, New Mexico
A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.
Lake Powell, Utah
The damming of the Colorado River buried an iconic geologic formation before record-breaking drought brought it back.
Yuma, Arizona
Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.
Winterhaven, California
Since World War II people have been decorating this stretch of the Yuma desert with signatures arranged out of rocks.
Shiprock, New Mexico
Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.
Mexican Hat, Utah
This arch was featured prominently in the film.
Searchlight, Nevada
Thousands of glyphs created by an unknown culture decorate the rock formations of this canyon.
Halchita, Utah
The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.
Kanab, Utah
Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."
Big Water, Utah
This hidden gem along the Utah-Arizona border is truly worth the rugged journey.
Fort Mohave, Arizona
Two geoglyphs that are truly unique to North America.
Navajo Mountain, Utah
This magnificent natural sandstone bridge is one of the largest in the world and is an iconic symbol for Lake Powell.
Faywood, New Mexico
These unique volcanic rock formations offer the perfect opportunity to camp and hike.
Kayenta, Arizona
Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
This mesmerizing and surreal landscape features intricate patterns of white and red sandstone.
Page, Arizona
This unique art installation used boiler tubes from a decommissioned power plant to resemble Antelope Canyon.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
This isolated outpost was once the only place to cross the Colorado River for hundreds of miles.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
When it was built in 1929, this historic bridge was the only place to cross the Colorado River for 600 miles.
Bisbee, Arizona
This open-pit mine is now an abandoned symbol of Bisbee's copper-mining heritage.