Places slgwv Wants to Go

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

The first steel dam in the world and the only one still functional in the United States.

A museum in rural Utah documents the history of the Japanese Americans who were forcibly relocated there.

A shady solar power system that couldn't hold up to the harsh desert conditions.

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

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

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

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

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

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

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

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

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

The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.

An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.

A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.