Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

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

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

A glimpse of a waterfall is reached by a steel catwalk along a slot canyon located in an Ouray city park.

Hidden beneath a bridge, this waterfall is known for the large amounts of graffiti painted on its base.

This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.

The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.

No one knows exactly how deep the world’s deepest geothermal hot spring is.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

A short but powerful waterfall resides amid Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes.

Unlike most arches, this geological oddity formed in a volcanic dike.

One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

A memorial dedicated to the victims of the Columbine High School shootings.

See 150 million-year-old dinosaur tracks and bones dating back to the Jurassic period.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.

An annual festival celebrating Colorado's most famous frozen corpse.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

One of the smallest towns in the United States.