08/04/2012 The rocky landscape surrounding the town of Dahn in the Pfalz region is famed for its castles and bizarre sandstone formations. The best-known fortress here, Trifels Castle, is one of ...

The 6-mile circular route winds through numerous red sandstone formations in the Pfalz Forest, just under an hour south of Kaiserslautern, Germany. (Jennifer H. Svan/Stars and Stripes) ...

Rock formations called “hoodoos” fill the Bisti De-Na-Zin Wilderness in northern New Mexico. The desert area is rich with fossils from dinosaurs and animals that lived here in ancient times.

When traveling from Berlin to Prague, take a detour to explore fairytale-like castles and wander through enchanting forests ...

Found in Utah's Arches National Park, the Balanced Rock stands 128 feet tall, with a balancing rock rising 55 feet above its base. Composed of hard slick rock from the Entrada Sandstone, it rests ...

The reason for the work is that sandstone is one of the most important reservoir rocks exploited, Reed said. "It holds fluids—hydrocarbons such as oil and gas or water," he said.