Places CuriousMichele Wants to Go

A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.

An enormous image of Utah's salt flats made entirely from tape.

This lava formation earned its whimsical name from the log-like formation of it stones.

The extensive collection of an amateur naturalist.

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

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

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

A museum in rural Utah documents the history of the Japanese Americans who were forcibly relocated there.

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

A proto micro-nation sometimes populated by artists, surrounded on all sides by a Utah most barren.

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

The notorious Wild West outlaw was raised in this unassuming abode.

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

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

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

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

Dubbed the "Blade Runner dragon," this buzzing neon sign is a beloved local icon.

Eat burgers beneath gargantuan taxidermy and thousands of dollar bills in Utah's oldest continuously-operating bar.

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

A shady solar power system that couldn't hold up to the harsh desert conditions.

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

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

The remains of this early 20th century refinery loom on a mountainside like a graffiti-covered fortress.

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