Places downwardspiral Wants to Go

An old greyhound bus station that's been converted into a movie theater and bar, celebrating cult-classic movies and acting as a hub for Idaho-based independent film production.

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

Kay Andrews's recipe was so good, her family immortalized it in stone.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

Dozens of rockets and missiles are on display outside a testing facility in the Utah desert.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.

A replica that won't float away.

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

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

What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?

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

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.

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

A Byzantine-style concrete artwork pays tribute to a 17th-century saint.

Surprising rock art on the Adirondack Scenic Byway.

The great American road trip, but smaller.

The final resting place of a famous 19th-century murder victim whose identity is still a mystery.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

A mysterious and endangered parasitic herb from the California desert.

Bringing back the art of handmade custom coffins.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.