Escalante, Utah
Hell's Backbone Scenic Road
Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.
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Escalante, Utah
Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.
Lehi, Utah
Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.
Syracuse, Utah
The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.
Orem, Utah
An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.
Bluff, Utah
A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.
Wendover, Utah
Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.
Garfield County, Utah
Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.
Wendover, Utah
A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.
Monroe, Utah
One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.
Kanab, Utah
Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."
Corinne, Utah
An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.
Fairview, Utah
A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.
Delta, Utah
Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.
Vernal, Utah
Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.
Green River, Utah
Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."
Kane, Utah
This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
Midway, Utah
This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.
Springdale, Utah
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.
Richfield, Utah
One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.
Nye, Nevada
Large tower used for simulating radiation of Hiroshima bomb and the tallest object ever relocated.
Fallon, Nevada
A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.
Silver City, Nevada
An abandoned cyanide mill is now a haunting magnet for graffiti and illegal parties.
Alamo, Nevada
Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.