An enormous image of Utah's salt flats made entirely from tape.

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

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.

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

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

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

It is intended to take one back to a stripped-down simplicity, to spend extended time both inside and out, and absorb the natural drama of the Upper Rio Grande Valley.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

This was the first ever National Lakeshore, established in 1966.

This nearly 200-foot tall limestone stack offers visitors amazing views and a chance to meet Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.