The last SR-71 ever constructed.

A stoic rock cairn is all that remains to remember one of the more brutal instances of frontier treachery in American history.

The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.

This granite monument at the site of an ill-conceived tourist attraction is built from the same stone as the Mormon Temple.

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

A shady solar power system that couldn't hold up to the harsh desert conditions.

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

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

A desert settlement founded and later abandoned by Hawaiian members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah's Skull Valley.

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

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

A replica that won't float away.

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

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."