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

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

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.

Two creeks flow out of either end of this canyon in opposite directions.

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

A unique arch graces the Dolores River Canyon near the Hanging Flume.

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

A remote sandstone plateau named for a legendary cattle rustler.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.

This interpretive path lets you get up close and personal with dinosaur bones.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

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

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

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

A cemetery full of touching tombstones from a community of railroad workers, uranium miners, and Cold War missile launchers.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

The classic Atari game's iconic aliens have invaded downtown San Diego.

One man's quest for the ultimate road trip vehicle.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

An artist's vision for connectivity spans seven continents and 16 countries.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."