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

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

This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

This museum remembers the tough Mormon trek across America through an intriguing array of artifacts.

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

Where unreadable addresses are read, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

This large, castle-like structure is hidden amid the mountains on the grounds of the Utah State Hospital.

An empty mine that some believe will suddenly be filled with fortune and treasures at the end of the world.

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.

Contains a wealth of information about the first exploration and later use of the Green and Colorado Rivers.

A cemetery full of touching tombstones from a community of railroad workers, uranium miners, and Cold War missile launchers.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

A whimsical roadside community of little metal people.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

A riverside tiny house with books and other treasures galore.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

A quiet rock and botanical garden is the beautiful centerpiece of Fort Lewis College.

No one knows exactly how deep the world’s deepest geothermal hot spring is.