Wendover, Utah
Historic Wendover Airfield
This pristine World War II airfield gives a comprehensive look at atomic development and aviation history.
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Wendover, Utah
This pristine World War II airfield gives a comprehensive look at atomic development and aviation history.
West Wendover, Nevada
A large wave-cut arch in limestone, carved by Pleistocene Lake Bonneville, is perched atop a ridge.
Wendover, Utah
Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.
Wendover, Utah
A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.
Richfield, Utah
One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.
Elberta, Utah
This lava formation earned its whimsical name from the log-like formation of it stones.
Eureka, Utah
These headstones and a few stone foundations are all that remain of a once-booming mining town.
Terra, Utah
Ancient volcanic activity made this into an exciting rockhounding site.
West Mercur, Utah
This creepy, abandoned cemetery is all that remains of a once booming mining town.
Grantsville, Utah
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.
Skull Valley, Utah
A 1920s navigation arrow for airmail is preserved right off Interstate 80 near the southern edge of the Great Salt Lake
North Ogden, Utah
Water flowed out of the town's unusual tree stump fountain in the 1930s, and the well still runs today.
Ogden, Utah
Dubbed the "Blade Runner dragon," this buzzing neon sign is a beloved local icon.
Hill AFB, Utah
The last SR-71 ever constructed.
Huntsville, Utah
Eat burgers beneath gargantuan taxidermy and thousands of dollar bills in Utah's oldest continuously-operating bar.
Eden, Utah
This massive metal sculpture in the shape of a folded paper airplane overlooks a Utah mountain.
Corinne, Utah
Dozens of rockets and missiles are on display outside a testing facility in the Utah desert.
Corinne, Utah
This now-abandoned part of the original transcontinental railroad route provides a surreal driving and historical experience.
Corinne, Utah
An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.
Syracuse, Utah
The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.
Salt Lake City, Utah
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.
Herriman, Utah
Largest man-made excavation on earth!
Herriman, Utah
A replica that won't float away.
Lehi, Utah
Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.