Wendover, Utah
Metaphor: The Tree of Utah
A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.
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Wendover, Utah
A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.
Salt Lake City, Utah
In 1847, Brigham Young climbed this hill to survey the Salt Lake Valley and saw a fine place to build a city.
Salt Lake City, Utah
A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.
Salt Lake City, Utah
This mural changes every few years.
Salt Lake City, Utah
This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.
Salt Lake City, Utah
This former wildlife sanctuary is being transformed into an art park.
Salt Lake City, Utah
In 1952, this restaurant began selling the Colonel's “secret” recipe.
West Valley City, Utah
"May the force be with you always."
Herriman, Utah
A replica that won't float away.
Orem, Utah
An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.
Provo, Utah
These 100-year-old tunnels in downtown Provo house artists, restaurants, and a few surprises.
Provo, Utah
In the heart of Brigham Young's promised land sits a festering plot of industrial ruin that has been claimed by society's outcasts.
Provo, Utah
This large, castle-like structure is hidden amid the mountains on the grounds of the Utah State Hospital.
Spanish Fork, Utah
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.
Fairview, Utah
A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.
Moab, Utah
The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.
Moab, Utah
A crack flared at the base provides a pathway completely through a sandstone ridge near Moab.
Green River, Utah
A cemetery full of touching tombstones from a community of railroad workers, uranium miners, and Cold War missile launchers.
Moab, Utah
This site is home to ancient petroglyphs and pictographs dating back to 6,000 B.C.
Moab, Utah
A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.
Moab, Utah
This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.
Moab, Utah
A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.