The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.

Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

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

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

These decaying bridges 1,000 feet high are a reminder of the skill it took to cross the Colorado Rockies by rail.

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

One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

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

Toss a Frisbee through the ruins of this Colorado gold mining town.

Here, at the "world's longest art gallery," you'll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.