Places Roko Wants to Go

This set of three large, volcanic hot springs is a favorite haunt for intrepid divers.

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

This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.

Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

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

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

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

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

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.

Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

An ancient glacial pothole waterfall in the heart of the Green Mountains.

These mysterious petroglyphs in Vermont reflect a troubled history in the treatment of Native American culture.

A natural sandstone bridge hidden in the Sewanee forest.

An ancient cave system in Tennessee’s Appalachian foothills converted to a 1,200-person music venue.

This limestone outcropping was once a ceremonial site for ancient Native Americans.