The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.

The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

This granite monument at the site of an ill-conceived tourist attraction is built from the same stone as the Mormon Temple.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

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

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

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

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

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