A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

A riverside tiny house with books and other treasures galore.

A multicolored mineral mound dribbles piping hot spring water right off the side of a highway.

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

This building is a recreation of the gatehouse that separated Los Alamos from the outside world during the era of the Manhattan Project.

A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

A quiet rock and botanical garden is the beautiful centerpiece of Fort Lewis College.

A short but powerful waterfall resides amid Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes.

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

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

The 7,000-foot finish line of America’s first Olympic Trials marathon.

The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

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

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

A strange sandstone formation in the middle of nowhere presents an interesting climbing opportunity.

An unconventional monument to one of America's largest landowners.

This Colorado fire station has been in continuous operation for more than a century.