Dolores, Colorado
Canyons of the Ancients
A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.
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Dolores, Colorado
A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.
Durango, Colorado
This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.
Jemez Springs, New Mexico
The 7,000-year-old calcium carbonate formation creates a magnificent natural bridge.
Three Rivers, New Mexico
More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.
Mills, New Mexico
Adobe ruins punctuate the beauty of an 800 foot canyon carved by the Canadian River.
Cimarron, New Mexico
A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.
Taos, New Mexico
A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.
El Prado, New Mexico
These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.
Chimayo, New Mexico
This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.
Bedrock, Colorado
A river runs through this remote valley in a very unexpected way.
Monticello, Utah
This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.
Monticello, Utah
One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.
Kanab, Utah
Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."
Escalante, Utah
Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.
Henrieville, Utah
This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.
Panguitch, Utah
The notorious Wild West outlaw was raised in this unassuming abode.
Baker, Nevada
A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.
Baker, Nevada
This ancient village provides insight into the complexity of the pre-Columbian Fremont Culture.
Mack, Colorado
This interpretive path lets you get up close and personal with dinosaur bones.
Moab, Utah
The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.
Thompson, Utah
A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.
Thompson Springs, Utah
Thousands of years ago, Indigenous people painted images onto these canyon walls that are still on display today, provocative, mysterious, and enduring reminders of the people who lived here long ago.