These mid-century motels once housed the workers who built the Glen Canyon Dam.

An effigy of Vancouver's Gastown neighorhood's namesake.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

Formerly frequented by Hollywood stars and now open for tours.

This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

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

Walk through the sets of old western films at this small museum in Utah.

Opened in 1911, this small shop is the oldest ongoing establishment in St. George.

A monument to a survivor of harsh pioneer life, frostbite, and primitive surgery.

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

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

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

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

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."

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.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.