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

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

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

Inside this striking glass building, visitors can see thousands of dinosaur fossils in the positions that nature deposited them more than 150 million years ago.

This set of three large, volcanic hot springs is a favorite haunt for intrepid divers.

The only completed wing of Utah's first capitol is filled with artifacts and odd stories about its past.

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

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

The remains of this early 20th century refinery loom on a mountainside like a graffiti-covered fortress.

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.

This large, castle-like structure is hidden amid the mountains on the grounds of the Utah State Hospital.

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

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.

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

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

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

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.