The long and winding road

Death Valley, California

Sculptured by nature

This part of the canyon is 400 meters in length.

Reine in Antelope Canyon, Arizona

King of the hill

A proper sunrise is worth an early climb before breakfast.

Death Valley, California

Lucky Luke territory

Probably the bumpiest road I've ever driven on, but the car survived somehow.

Monument Valley

No hugs for you

Some of these cactus are even taller than me. The saguaro is the familiar state symbol of Arizona and it can grow to be over 20 meters tall.

Reine in Saguaro National Park, Arizona

Shattered Grounds

This salt pan is called Devil's golf course. I just think those golfers were lazy.

Death Valley, California

Chilly dunes

This place really lives up to its name. The world's largest desert of gypsum sand is cold to the touch.

Reine in White Sands

ET phone home

The observatory area contains 27 antennas, where each dish has a diameter of 25 meters. They are moved around using rail tracks, which at one point even crosses Route 60.

Very Large Array, New Mexico

God save the queen

One of the formations supposedly looks like Queen Victoria, but I think you can find anything in them if you look long enough.

Queen's garden in Bryce Canyon, Utah

Number of the beast

Route 666 through New Mexico had very high fatality rates and it was one of the 20 most dangerous highways in 1997. Combined with the biblical implications of the number, it was aptly nicknamed Devil's Highway. It was later renamed into Route 491 in 2003.

Reine somewhere in New Mexico

I see dead fishes

Bombay Beach is a semi-deserted town on the east shore of the Salton Sea. It also marks the southern end of the San Andreas fault. Due to very high salinity, very few fish species can live there.

Bombay Beach, California

Holy ground

Reine at the Front Gate of Area 51, Nevada

Reach out and touch faith

Salvation Mountain is the life work of Leonard Knight. Since 1985 he has been busy painting his vision.

Salvation Mountain, California

Just passing through

Bryce Canyon area, Utah

We come in peace

Route 375 was officially designated a much easier name to remember in 1996, as this is the road closest to Area 51.

Extraterrestrial Highway, Nevada

Chilly dunes

This place really lives up to its name. The world's largest desert of gypsum sand is cold to the touch.

White Sands

Reach for the sky

Bryce Canyon area, Utah

Black or white

The so called Black Mailbox was believed by many to be the official mailbox of Area 51, but it actually belonged to a local farmer. He got so irritated at lunatics going through his mail that he replaced it with a white one.

Reine in Nevada

Thou art art

This area in the middle of the desert was created by Charles Stephen Russell, creating art installations from the garbage found lying around Slab City.

East Jesus, California

Large green men

"Mulder, I found them! The aliens are hiding in the street lights!"

Reine in Roswell

Downhill

Bryce Canyon, Utah

Heavy research

Reine in UFO library, Roswell

Ironic photo opportunity

Back Gate of Area 51, Nevada

Halls of Moria

Notice the man with the headlight. No photograph can describe the sheer size of it all.

Carlsbad Caverns

Repent

Salvation Mountain is the life work of Leonard Knight. Since 1985 he has been busy painting his vision.

Salvation Mountain, California

No more no less

This gravestone has one of the best descriptions ever: "Here lies Lester Moore, Four slugs from a .44, No Les No Moore." It is located near the graves of Billy Clanton, Frank McLaury and Tom McLaury, the men who were gunned down by Wyatt Earp's party in the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1881.

Boothill Graveyeard outside Tombstone, Arizona

Don't get a flat tire

Route 6, Nevada