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A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

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

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

The highest point in Nevada had to be decided by court order after California tried to claim it as their own.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

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

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.