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

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Although it also features red, orange, and variegated cliffs of Navajo Sandstone, this state park is often overshadowed by its more famous neighbor.

Next to Salt Lake City's Assembly Hall stands a tribute to some unlikely heroes of early Mormon settlers.

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

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

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

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

A town pays homage to its namesake.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

A museum dedicated to the legend of Bigfoot in the Appalachian Mountains.

In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.

A natural spring situated on the grounds of the Hawthorne estate.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

The home of Mario and his friends

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.