A proto micro-nation sometimes populated by artists, surrounded on all sides by a Utah most barren.

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

A whimsical roadside community of little metal people.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

These unique volcanic rock formations offer the perfect opportunity to camp and hike.

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

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.

A unique gallery filled with art that is interactive, accessible, and generates a ripple effect of creativity

An empty mine that some believe will suddenly be filled with fortune and treasures at the end of the world.

This bird-shaped rock formation defies gravity, time, and classification.

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

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 vibrant colony of rescued wolves and other canids.

A dazzling display of red rocks weathered into spires and hoodoos.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

An ill-fated attempt to grow wheat in the sagebrush steppe of northeastern Nevada.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

A hidden gem of a saloon in the middle of a ghost town.

Dozens of elaborate works of automotive art have been preserved at this Arizona museum.