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

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

Eternal resting place of the grave robber and murderer who served as inspiration for many of cinema’s famous madmen.

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

Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.

An improbable waterfall springs from an orange-white cliff face, tumbling into the headwaters of the Virgin River above Zion National Park.

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

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

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

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

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

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

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

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

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

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

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

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

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

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

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