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A statue high in a hill that represents how Buffalo Bill got his name.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

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

For over a century, it has been a tradition to raise a flag at the top of this 450-foot sandstone pillar on the 4th of July.

This remote Colorado canyon is home to the second-largest collection of natural arches in the world.

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

This cave was hidden for thousands of years, storing the worldly goods of ancient Native Americans.

Unopened beer cans are left at this monument to honor the Navy men who lost their lives during a training mission.

This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

A hidden slot canyon in the southern Nevada desert makes an unexpected oasis and scenic hike.

The strongest earthquake in Nevada's recorded history left these spectacular breaks along the west front of a range in central Nevada.

An unusual waterfall in the Santa Rosa Range, within the Great Basin of Nevada.

Many generations of travelers have passed through the steep, smooth walls of this canyon.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

An attractive alpine lake at 8,400 feet that is accessible via a paved road.

This central Nevada cave is the spiritual home of ancient and enigmatic pictographs.

Located in the remote Monitor Valley, this travertine bowl contains a scalding pool of water.

The highest concentration of petroglyph sites in Gold Butte National Monument, plus an improbable early 20th-century dam.

Harder layers in colorful sandstone weather out as prominent “fins" and even more intricate and bizarre shapes.

An unexpected sinkhole in a desert flat within Gold Butte National Monument.

An unusual slot canyon in the Aztec/Navajo Sandstone has a cross-section like an inverted old-fashioned keyhole.

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.