Places csieminski Wants to Go

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

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

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

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

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

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

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

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

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

The best preserved Paleochristian basilica in Rome hides a number of oddities and secrets.

The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.

This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.

More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.