Places avexplore Wants to Go

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

If it wasn’t for an innovative use of quilts during a crisis, the city of Panguitch might not exist today.

This former mining railroad is one of the best-preserved short lines in North America.

Rich red almandine gemstones are waiting inside the volcanic rock strewn across this eastern Nevada hillside.

Welcome to a feel-good American drugstore, in the classic sense of the term.

These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.

This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

This ancient village provides insight into the complexity of the pre-Columbian Fremont Culture.

The limestone composition of this spectacular arch makes it unique to the region.

A perfectly preserved small-town pharmacy and soda fountain that opened in the early 20th century and closed in the 1980s.

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

Only ruined buildings and abandoned charcoal kilns remain of this once bustling Wild West boom town.

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

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

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

This innovative mill was built for a legendary gold mine that never came to be.

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

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

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

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

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