Places Xtonx Wants to Go

A crack flared at the base provides a pathway completely through a sandstone ridge near Moab.

It's safe—and permitted—to walk across these twin natural sandstone arches.

An improbable waterfall springs from an orange-white cliff face, tumbling into the headwaters of the Virgin River above Zion National Park.

Thousands of years ago, Indigenous people painted images onto these canyon walls that are still on display today, provocative, mysterious, and enduring reminders of the people who lived here long ago.

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.

A dazzling display of red rocks weathered into spires and hoodoos.

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

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

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

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

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

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.

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

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

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

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

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.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

Rich red almandine gemstones are waiting inside the volcanic rock strewn across this eastern Nevada hillside.