Kanab, Utah
The Wahweap Hoodoos
Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."
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Kanab, Utah
Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."
Kayenta, Arizona
Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.
Supai, Arizona
This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.
Page, Arizona
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.
Page, Arizona
Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.
San Bernardino, California
The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Three Rivers, California
Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.
Inyo County, California
The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.
Calhan, Colorado
Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.
Chamarel, Mauritius
This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.
Puerto Río Tranquilo, Chile
Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.
Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Brazil
After millennia of erosion by sand and churning water this Brazilian valley now looks like a lunar fantasy.
Spanish Town, British Virgin Islands
This huge pile of volcanic boulders hides a stunning network of secret grottoes.
Marudi, Malaysia
These jagged limestone blades cut out through the canopy of the jungles of Borneo.
Winslow, Arizona
This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
Civita, Italy
This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.
Hyden, Australia
This gracefully curving formation looks like a massive wave that was suddenly turned to stone.
Ehlanzeni, South Africa
Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.
Santa Catalina, Colombia
The caldera of this mini-volcano has been turned into a naturally heated mud bath.
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
California
The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.
Inyo County, California
Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.