Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

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

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

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

Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.

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

This lava formation earned its whimsical name from the log-like formation of it stones.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

The highest peak in Utah is the hardest to reach, but only if explorers choose the hard way.

This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

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

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

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

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

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

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