These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

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.

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

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

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

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

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

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

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

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

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

Here, at the "world's longest art gallery," you'll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.