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A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

Step into the cool deep past and unknown future of who begat who.

In 1952, this restaurant began selling the Colonel's “secret” recipe.

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

The last SR-71 ever constructed.

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

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.

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

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

This site is home to ancient petroglyphs and pictographs dating back to 6,000 B.C.

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

The natural history of Utah is on full display inside this museum.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

The historic tall ship is one of just three of its kind still sailing open waters today.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

This hollowed salt dome is the largest oil storage facility in the world, hoarding 250 million barrels of crude oil.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

This Tennessee museum is dedicated to a tragic railroad hero who inspired the famous ballad that bears his name.