This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

A cemetery full of touching tombstones from a community of railroad workers, uranium miners, and Cold War missile launchers.

Contains a wealth of information about the first exploration and later use of the Green and Colorado Rivers.

This lonely gas station has stood at this location since 1917.

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

Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

The natural history of Utah is on full display inside this museum.

At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.

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

This site is home to ancient petroglyphs and pictographs dating back to 6,000 B.C.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

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

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

Explore a wealth of fossils in one of the most prolific dig sites in North America.

For over a century, it has been a tradition to raise a flag at the top of this 450-foot sandstone pillar on the 4th of July.

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

This alpine statue of Jesus in Silverton is said to protect both miners and local economies.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

A picturesque (all-natural!) beach in a landlocked state.