West Mineral, Kansas
Big Brutus
The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.
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West Mineral, Kansas
The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.
Greensburg, Kansas
The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.
Lucas, Kansas
Self-built house and sculpture park where the creator can still be seen in a glass coffin.
Topeka, Kansas
These elevated trucks were put in place as a middle finger to The Man, but are now considered folk art.
Moab, Utah
A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.
Payson, Utah
A dazzling display of red rocks weathered into spires and hoodoos.
Park City, Utah
The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.
Fillmore, Utah
The only completed wing of Utah's first capitol is filled with artifacts and odd stories about its past.
Monticello, Utah
One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.
Salt Lake City, Utah
A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.
Panguitch, Utah
The notorious Wild West outlaw was raised in this unassuming abode.
Veyo, Utah
A stoic rock cairn is all that remains to remember one of the more brutal instances of frontier treachery in American history.
Delta, Utah
A museum in rural Utah documents the history of the Japanese Americans who were forcibly relocated there.
Moab, Utah
The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.
Wendover, Utah
A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.
Salt Lake City, Utah
This museum remembers the tough Mormon trek across America through an intriguing array of artifacts.
Duchesne County, Utah
The highest peak in Utah is the hardest to reach, but only if explorers choose the hard way.
Herriman, Utah
Largest man-made excavation on earth!
Green River, Utah
This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.
Spanish Fork, Utah
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.
Salt Lake City, Utah
A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.
Escalante, Utah
Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.
Syracuse, Utah
The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.