According to legend it was a nap taken under this tree that kicked off the California Gold Rush.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

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.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

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

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

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.