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.

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

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

It's safe—and permitted—to walk across these twin natural sandstone arches.

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

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

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

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 striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

One of the largest private collections of fossils in the world.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

This shallow pit was once used to send over 20,000 buffalo plummeting to their death.

An antique Beechcraft airplane serves as a giant windsock for people driving through the blustery open country of eastern Wyoming.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

This Wyoming town is fascinated by a particular mythical creature.

This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

This settlement on the original Transcontinental Railroad began by harvesting timber, but transitioned to a forgotten 19th-century industry: harvesting ice.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.