For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

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

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

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

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

The only ski tunnel in North America provides easy access to amazing snow and beautiful views.

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

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

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

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.