Hanksville, Utah
Hollow Mountain
At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.
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Hanksville, Utah
At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.
Moab, Utah
This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.
Moab, Utah
Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.
Monticello, Utah
Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.
Thompson Springs, Utah
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.
Moab, Utah
A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.
Moab, Utah
A crack flared at the base provides a pathway completely through a sandstone ridge near Moab.
Moab, Utah
The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.
Moab, Utah
It's safe—and permitted—to walk across these twin natural sandstone arches.
Moab, Utah
This site is home to ancient petroglyphs and pictographs dating back to 6,000 B.C.
Moab, Utah
A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.
Shiprock, New Mexico
Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.
Teec Nos Pos, Utah
The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.
Navajo Mountain, Utah
This magnificent natural sandstone bridge is one of the largest in the world and is an iconic symbol for Lake Powell.
Mexican Hat, Utah
This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.
Halchita, Utah
The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.
Cameron, Arizona
More than a century old, this trading post resides in the Navajo Nation.
Flagstaff, Arizona
Crafted in 1911, this steam locomotive spent its entire working life in Flagstaff.
Flagstaff, Arizona
This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.
Flagstaff, Arizona
A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.
Flagstaff, Arizona
A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.
Williams, Arizona
Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.
Flagstaff, Arizona
The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.
Winslow, Arizona
This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.