Places alaskanmoss Wants to Go

Where a guard killed nine German prisoners during one of the worst 20th-century POW camp massacres in U.S. history.

This roadside stop between Goblin Valley and the Henry Mountains is the perfect location to view some of the region's natural wonders.

The extensive collection of an amateur naturalist.

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

A museum has some wedding cake dating to the Teddy Roosevelt administration, and some bacon from FDR's.

A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.

An enormous image of Utah's salt flats made entirely from tape.

An improbable waterfall springs from an orange-white cliff face, tumbling into the headwaters of the Virgin River above Zion National Park.

Thousands of years ago, Indigenous people painted images onto these canyon walls that are still on display today, provocative, mysterious, and enduring reminders of the people who lived here long ago.

A crack flared at the base provides a pathway completely through a sandstone ridge near Moab.

An empty mine that some believe will suddenly be filled with fortune and treasures at the end of the world.

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

The highest peak in Utah is the hardest to reach, but only if explorers choose the hard way.

A museum in rural Utah documents the history of the Japanese Americans who were forcibly relocated there.

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

Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.

The damming of the Colorado River buried an iconic geologic formation before record-breaking drought brought it back.

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

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

Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.

The notorious Wild West outlaw was raised in this unassuming abode.

It's safe—and permitted—to walk across these twin natural sandstone arches.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

Dubbed the "Blade Runner dragon," this buzzing neon sign is a beloved local icon.