A sprawling museum located on the former site of the Orphan Girl Mine.

The old fire tower is one of the last of its kind in the United States.

Modeled after a famous church in Vienna, Austria—but in Helena, Montana.

One home in the historic strip hides secret compartments and the ghostly songs of long-gone canaries.

A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.

A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

A former sanitarium where soldiers were sent to recover in the healing waters of hot springs.

A lava tube cooled to form this long tunnel that stays chilly even at the height of summer.

Idaho’s largest, deepest limestone cave is known for its quirky rock formations and bat population.

This pristine World War II airfield gives a comprehensive look at atomic development and aviation history.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

This now-abandoned part of the original transcontinental railroad route provides a surreal driving and historical experience.

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

Next to Salt Lake City's Assembly Hall stands a tribute to some unlikely heroes of early Mormon settlers.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.

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

In 1952, this restaurant began selling the Colonel's “secret” recipe.

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.