Places BrandyBacon Wants to Go

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.

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

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

The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.

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

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

This granite monument at the site of an ill-conceived tourist attraction is built from the same stone as the Mormon Temple.

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

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

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

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.

A dazzling display of red rocks weathered into spires and hoodoos.

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

A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.

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.

What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?

This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.

Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.

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

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

This towering wooden Sasquatch was carved with a chainsaw.