Places derekawalker Wants to Go

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

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

The only completed wing of Utah's first capitol is filled with artifacts and odd stories about its past.

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

This former rail stop in Utah was abandoned, repopulated by some nostalgic friends, and now is home to a single DIY aviator who lives in a hangar.

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

"May the force be with you always."

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

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

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

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

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

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

Incredible sculptures inspired by obscure passages from the Bible.

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

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

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

A replica that won't float away.

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

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