Places hopemch Wants to Go

The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

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

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

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

This plaque marks the site where the penultimate chapter in the journey of two doomed boys unfolded in an imagined parallel universe.

"May the force be with you always."

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

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

The extensive collection of an amateur naturalist.

Eat burgers beneath gargantuan taxidermy and thousands of dollar bills in Utah's oldest continuously-operating bar.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

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

The highest peak in Utah is the hardest to reach, but only if explorers choose the hard way.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

Step into the cool deep past and unknown future of who begat who.

This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.

A replica that won't float away.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."