Exploration

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

An 1814 castle that hosts an exhibit of "explorabilia".

An abandoned meat mecca now serves as an excellent locale for urban exploration.

The eerie burnt-out remains of a prominent building where 30 protestors lost their lives.

This iconic Russian space museum sits on a landmark space production facility and houses the Vostok 1, the first manned spacecraft, that was also built here.

As state highpoints go, this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.

The tallest unclimbed mountain in the world remains poorly charted out of respect for local spirits.

The site of a gold-digging conquistador's bloody landing in the Americas.

Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.