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

People come from across the globe to swim in this lake believed to have healing properties.

Every drop of water in this 27-mile long reservoir was pumped up from the Columbia River using power from Grand Coulee Dam.

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.

Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

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.

A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.

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

Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.

A popular rock that acted as a waymarker for American pioneers.

A small town built on an abandoned airfield has former runways as streets and a bar and grill in an old airplane hangar.

The largest and most well-preserved petroglyph site in the Verde Valley.

The state's only comprehensive museum dedicated to the mineral that defined its history and economy.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

A town's monument to a touch-football victory 50 years in the making.

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

This 80.33 troy ounces of solid gold is believed to be the largest nugget from Oregon still in its original form.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

Supposedly Satanic numbers adorn this preserved submarine sail.