Soaring red rocks, perfect blue skies and half-empty tours
A decline in international tourism has had a major effect on popular Navajo Nation destinations like Monument Valley and Antelope Canyon.
(Gabe Castro-Root | The New York Times) The sandstone formations known as, from left: the West and East Mitten buttes and Merrick Butte at Monument Valley, in the Navajo Nation, Ariz., Oct. 6, 2025.