Places dbsibert Wants to Go

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

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

Colorful sand dunes create a unique attraction in this part of Utah's red-rock country.

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

A spectacular overlook of the Little Grand Canyon of the San Rafael River, a deep sandstone gorge streaked with orange, red and white in a remote, uncrowded part of Utah.

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

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

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

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

The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.

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

Sip heritage cider with a surprising backstory at this family-owned cidery.

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

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

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

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

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

This massive metal sculpture in the shape of a folded paper airplane overlooks a Utah mountain.

This now-abandoned part of the original transcontinental railroad route provides a surreal driving and historical experience.

This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.

An otherworldly alpine pasture in Slovenia with historical ties to WWII and architecture that recalls Middle Earth.