Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

A free, canine-friendly alternative watering hole near the more famous Barton Springs.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

This failed condo development was reborn as a street art hub.

This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.

A small island hides in plain sight on Austin's Lady Bird Lake.

This Texas windmill field celebrates the power and majesty of the very winds that blow.

A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.

Crumbling remnants of what was once a booming town full of silver.

A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

Apparently, the whole cosmos emanates from this plain concrete tower.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

Irontown was founded in 1868, as a second attempt to mine iron from the nearby Iron Mountain.

Colorful sand dunes create a unique attraction in this part of Utah's red-rock country.

This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.

A spectacular overlook of the Little Grand Canyon of the San Rafael River, a deep sandstone gorge streaked with orange, red and white in a remote, uncrowded part of Utah.

These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.