The ruins of this former mining boomtown once housed over 3,000 people. Now, the population is two.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

One of El Paso's oldest dives may have inspired the classic Marty Robbins song.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.

The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.

When it was built in 1929, this historic bridge was the only place to cross the Colorado River for 600 miles.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

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

At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.

A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.

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

In the heart of Brigham Young's promised land sits a festering plot of industrial ruin that has been claimed by society's outcasts.

These 100-year-old tunnels in downtown Provo house artists, restaurants, and a few surprises.

A replica that won't float away.

In 1952, this restaurant began selling the Colonel's “secret” recipe.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

A desert settlement founded and later abandoned by Hawaiian members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah's Skull Valley.

A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.

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

This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.