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.

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

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

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

A monument to a survivor of harsh pioneer life, frostbite, and primitive surgery.

Although it also features red, orange, and variegated cliffs of Navajo Sandstone, this state park is often overshadowed by its more famous neighbor.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

A stoic rock cairn is all that remains to remember one of the more brutal instances of frontier treachery in American history.

An unprepossessing storage reservoir in southern Utah has a checkered past.

A museum has some wedding cake dating to the Teddy Roosevelt administration, and some bacon from FDR's.

Dedicated to an airmail pilot who never let go of his important payload.

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

Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.

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.

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

This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.

A well-preserved example from a 1920s network of airmail navigation arrows sits near Interstate 15 in southern Nevada.

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

Named after an outlaw who used the basin as a hideout.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

A Victorian-style home known as the “Castle on the Hill.”

This square in downtown Eugene is dedicated to the novelist and countercultural figure Ken Kesey.

One of the last socialist halls still standing in the United States.