St. George, Utah
Snow Canyon State Park
Although it also features red, orange, and variegated cliffs of Navajo Sandstone, this state park is often overshadowed by its more famous neighbor.
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St. George, Utah
Although it also features red, orange, and variegated cliffs of Navajo Sandstone, this state park is often overshadowed by its more famous neighbor.
St. George, Utah
Opened in 1911, this small shop is the oldest ongoing establishment in St. George.
Salt Lake City, Utah
In 1847, Brigham Young climbed this hill to survey the Salt Lake Valley and saw a fine place to build a city.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.
Moab, Utah
This site is home to ancient petroglyphs and pictographs dating back to 6,000 B.C.
Moab, Utah
Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.
Moab, Utah
The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.
Moab, Utah
A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.
Kanab, Utah
Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."
Hurricane, Utah
An unprepossessing storage reservoir in southern Utah has a checkered past.
Hurricane, Utah
A surviving concrete arrow from an early-20th-century airmail-navigation network overlooks a reservoir.
Hurricane, Utah
A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.
Green River, Utah
Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."
Big Bend National Park, Texas
This gravity-defying rock formation is one of Big Bend’s natural wonders.
Big Bend National Park, Texas
An abandoned mine where dreams of quicksilver trickled away over 75 years ago.
Terlingua, Texas
Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.
Terlingua, Texas
An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.
Edgewood, Iowa
Chilly air billows out from the entrance of an abandoned mine on a steep hillside, providing a refuge for Ice Age fauna and flora.
Dyersville, Iowa
A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.
Springfield, Illinois
The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.
Springfield, Illinois
When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.
Kimberly, Idaho
These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.
Twin Falls, Idaho
The only bridge in the United States where BASE jumping is legal without a permit year-round.