Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.

A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

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

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

Outsider Art Community.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

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

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

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

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

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

Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.

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

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.