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Only ruined buildings and abandoned charcoal kilns remain of this once bustling Wild West boom town.

These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.

This magnificent natural sandstone bridge is one of the largest in the world and is an iconic symbol for Lake Powell.

Colorful sand dunes create a unique attraction in this part of Utah's red-rock country.

This massive metal sculpture in the shape of a folded paper airplane overlooks a Utah mountain.

The damming of the Colorado River buried an iconic geologic formation before record-breaking drought brought it back.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.

It's safe—and permitted—to walk across these twin natural sandstone arches.

A dazzling display of red rocks weathered into spires and hoodoos.

This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

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

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

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

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

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

A relic of roadside lore and perhaps the first of its kind in North America.

These cliff and rock formations are made out of Sioux Quartzite.

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

A crumbling ghost town on the South Dakota prairie.