Places escapechaos Wants to Go

The largest and most well-preserved petroglyph site in the Verde Valley.

Decaying military base deactivated in the 70s is now visited by urban explorers and military enthusiasts.

This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.

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

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

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

A remote sandstone plateau named for a legendary cattle rustler.

Two creeks flow out of either end of this canyon in opposite directions.

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.

In the heart of Brigham Young's promised land sits a festering plot of industrial ruin that has been claimed by society's outcasts.

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

Only ruined buildings and abandoned charcoal kilns remain of this once bustling Wild West boom town.

An improbable waterfall springs from an orange-white cliff face, tumbling into the headwaters of the Virgin River above Zion National Park.

Thousands of years ago, Indigenous people painted images onto these canyon walls that are still on display today, provocative, mysterious, and enduring reminders of the people who lived here long ago.

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

A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.

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

This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.

Dubbed the "Blade Runner dragon," this buzzing neon sign is a beloved local icon.

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.

A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.