Moab, Utah
Upheaval Dome
This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.
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Moab, Utah
This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.
Green River, Utah
This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.
Monticello, Utah
Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.
Moab, Utah
The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.
Henrieville, Utah
This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.
Hanksville, Utah
A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.
Parowan, Utah
Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.
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.
Teec Nos Pos, Utah
The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.
Wendover, Utah
A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.
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.
Carbon County, Utah
Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.
Monroe, Utah
One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.
Richfield, Utah
One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.
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.
Vernal, Utah
Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.
Herriman, Utah
A replica that won't float away.
Salt Lake City, Utah
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.
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."
Moran, Wyoming
Creek water that starts here has a 50/50 chance of ending up in the Atlantic or the Pacific.