Salt Lake City, Utah
Ensign Peak
In 1847, Brigham Young climbed this hill to survey the Salt Lake Valley and saw a fine place to build a city.
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Salt Lake City, Utah
In 1847, Brigham Young climbed this hill to survey the Salt Lake Valley and saw a fine place to build a city.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Where unreadable addresses are read, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.
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.
Salt Lake City, Utah
This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.
Park City, Utah
The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.
Thompson, Utah
A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.
Thompson Springs, Utah
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.
Fairview, Utah
A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.
Carbon County, Utah
Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.
Green River, Utah
This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.
Castle Dale, Utah
A spectacular overlook of the Little Grand Canyon of the San Rafael River, a deep sandstone gorge streaked with orange, red and white in a remote, uncrowded part of Utah.
Calipatria, California
At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.
Yuma, Arizona
Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Buford, Wyoming
One of the smallest towns in the United States.
Little America, Wyoming
Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.
Rawlins, Wyoming
This prison-turned-museum is a remnant of the Old West's grizzly, violent past.
Arco, Idaho
Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.
Arco, Idaho
The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.
Blackfoot, Idaho
This museum glorifies the humble potato.
Swan Valley, Idaho
A creek tumbles over a series of step-like rocks to create this scenic water feature.
Afton, Wyoming
A miraculous natural phenomenon known as "the spring that breathes."
Afton, Wyoming
This town is home to the world’s largest arch constructed entirely of elk antlers.