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

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

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

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

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

The notorious Wild West outlaw was raised in this unassuming abode.

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

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

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

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

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

A statue commemorating the heroic life of a Viking postman who was the Godfather of California skiing.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

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

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

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.