Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

Dubbed the "Blade Runner dragon," this buzzing neon sign is a beloved local icon.

This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.

A crack flared at the base provides a pathway completely through a sandstone ridge near Moab.

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

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

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

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

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

An unexpected sinkhole in a desert flat within Gold Butte National Monument.

Named after an outlaw who used the basin as a hideout.

A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.

This former open-pit manganese mine is now a massive graffiti canvas.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!

In the country around Buttonwillow, California, a marker commemorates a revealing moment in the story of a water colony from the fictional Kcymaerxthaere that sought independence.

This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.

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