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Much of the spectacular canyon followed over a century ago by the Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad is now accessible to cars.

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

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

This mesmerizing and surreal landscape features intricate patterns of white and red sandstone.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

This hidden gem along the Utah-Arizona border is truly worth the rugged journey.

Narrow slot canyons in a badland eroded into soft sedimentary rock provide an otherworldly landscape in this remote Nevada state park.

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

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Nature has shaped this drainage tunnel into the digestive tract of a mighty beast.

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

An improbable waterfall springs from an orange-white cliff face, tumbling into the headwaters of the Virgin River above Zion National Park.

Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.

An engraved boulder marks the spot where Patsy Cline's life ended in a plane crash.

Larger-than-life cut-out murals of James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor, dedicated to their 1956 film ‘Giant.’

A World War II officers' club features Old West murals painted by German POWs.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

One of New York's most iconic authors is strangely honored by this Oklahoma park.

Once in disrepair, the house where the 1983 film was shot has been restored and turned into a museum.

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

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.