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An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

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

At certain times in the fall and winter, the sunlight makes this natural sandstone arch glow.

If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.

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.

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

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

This natural sandstone bridge hasn't been seen since the 1960s when Lake Powell covered it—until now.

The lost ruins of the forgotten ferry lie hidden beneath the silt.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

Hike up to this ancestral grain storage site, but don't touch.

Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.

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

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.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

An unusual slot canyon in the Aztec/Navajo Sandstone has a cross-section like an inverted old-fashioned keyhole.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

The highest concentration of petroglyph sites in Gold Butte National Monument, plus an improbable early 20th-century dam.

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.

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

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