Places amandawatson Wants to Go

This prehistoric karst cave is situated near a working ranch and historic warm springs.

The first motion picture theater in southern Utah, reimagined and renovated as an arts hub.

This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.

Nature has shaped this drainage tunnel into the digestive tract of a mighty beast.

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

Opened in 1911, this small shop is the oldest ongoing establishment in St. George.

These 100-year-old tunnels in downtown Provo house artists, restaurants, and a few surprises.

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

This plaque marks the site where the penultimate chapter in the journey of two doomed boys unfolded in an imagined parallel universe.

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

This outsider art paradise is filled with dinosaur sculptures crafted from recycled machinery.

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

At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.

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.

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.