Las Vegas, Nevada
'The Mantis'
Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.
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Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.
Alamo, Nevada
An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.
Groom Lake, Nevada
In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.
Wallace, Idaho
This oddity shop contains everything from antique tools to a human skeleton.
Arco, Idaho
Supposedly Satanic numbers adorn this preserved submarine sail.
Sun Valley, Idaho
Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.
Idaho City, Idaho
A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.
Blackfoot, Idaho
This museum glorifies the humble potato.
Stanley, Idaho
See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.
Arco, Idaho
Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.
Kanab, Utah
Not your typical pet cemetery.
West Mercur, Utah
This creepy, abandoned cemetery is all that remains of a once booming mining town.
Hill AFB, Utah
The last SR-71 ever constructed.
Provo, Utah
This large, castle-like structure is hidden amid the mountains on the grounds of the Utah State Hospital.
Elberta, Utah
This lonely gas station has stood at this location since 1917.
Salt Lake City, Utah
A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.
Park City, Utah
The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.
Wendover, Utah
This former rail stop in Utah was abandoned, repopulated by some nostalgic friends, and now is home to a single DIY aviator who lives in a hangar.
Utah
The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.
Lehi, Utah
The extensive collection of an amateur naturalist.
Wendover, Utah
A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.
Ogden, Utah
Dubbed the "Blade Runner dragon," this buzzing neon sign is a beloved local icon.
Herriman, Utah
Largest man-made excavation on earth!
Salt Lake City, Utah
Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.