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

Thousand-year-old trees tower within one of the world's only inland temperate rainforests.

Saved by a logger, this Douglas fir is one of the last great old-growth trees in Canada.

Every four years, millions of salmon fill a river so densely that its waters appear deep crimson.

This towering volcanic plug stands out among the dramatic formations that dot this otherworldly desert valley.

The building stands within a quiet, postcard-perfect New Mexico village.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

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.

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

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

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

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

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

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

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

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

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

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.