Places athenaeum88 Wants to Go

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

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

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

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

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

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.

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 striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

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

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

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

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

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

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.

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

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