Lone Pine, California
Mobius Arch
This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.
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Lone Pine, California
This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.
Hanksville, Utah
A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.
Kane, Utah
This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.
Midway, Utah
This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.
Moab, Utah
This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.
Henrieville, Utah
This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.
Hanksville, Utah
This roadside stop between Goblin Valley and the Henry Mountains is the perfect location to view some of the region's natural wonders.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.
Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Hidden beneath a bridge, this waterfall is known for the large amounts of graffiti painted on its base.
Monte Vista, Colorado
Possibly the world's only drive-in movie theater with an attached motel.
Commerce City, Colorado
Over 1.3 million confiscated wildlife products fill this macabre menagerie of illegal animal specimens.
Montrose, Colorado
An eclectic collection of artifacts from the Wild West is preserved in a remote fictional pioneer town.
Pueblo, Colorado
A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.
Dolores, Colorado
Colorado's only true geyser is hidden within the San Juan National Forest.
Granada, Colorado
The remains of a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp dot a windswept Colorado hill.
Del Norte, Colorado
Unlike most arches, this geological oddity formed in a volcanic dike.
New Castle, Colorado
A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.
Del Norte, Colorado
Historic, 19th-century wagon wheel ruts cut into soft volcanic ash.
Gateway, Colorado
A remote sandstone plateau named for a legendary cattle rustler.
Del Norte, Colorado
A mural of the Virgin of Guadalupe painted on the rock wall by canyon's religious namesake.
Leadville, Colorado
The remnants of the base where US Army troops learned how to fight in extreme conditions.