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

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

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

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.

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

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

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

This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

It's safe—and permitted—to walk across these twin natural sandstone arches.

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

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

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

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.

Guerilla gardeners reclaimed this abandoned railroad land literally putting down roots.

Townhouse facade doubles as an RMS Titanic Memorial.

Nine nice parcels of land along a flight path offer a quiet respite... until a plane soars overhead.

This outdoor gallery of sculptures along the East River was once a landfill.