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These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.

Contains a wealth of information about the first exploration and later use of the Green and Colorado Rivers.

Only ruined buildings and abandoned charcoal kilns remain of this once bustling Wild West boom town.

Walk through the sets of old western films at this small museum in Utah.

This now-abandoned part of the original transcontinental railroad route provides a surreal driving and historical experience.

A crack flared at the base provides a pathway completely through a sandstone ridge near Moab.

At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.

The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.

This roadside stop between Goblin Valley and the Henry Mountains is the perfect location to view some of the region's natural wonders.

This large, castle-like structure is hidden amid the mountains on the grounds of the Utah State Hospital.

The only ski tunnel in North America provides easy access to amazing snow and beautiful views.

These headstones and a few stone foundations are all that remain of a once-booming mining town.

An improbable waterfall springs from an orange-white cliff face, tumbling into the headwaters of the Virgin River above Zion National Park.

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.

This lonely gas station has stood at this location since 1917.

This former rail stop in Utah was abandoned, repopulated by some nostalgic friends, and now is home to a single DIY aviator who lives in a hangar.

The only completed wing of Utah's first capitol is filled with artifacts and odd stories about its past.

Water flowed out of the town's unusual tree stump fountain in the 1930s, and the well still runs today.

This outsider art paradise is filled with dinosaur sculptures crafted from recycled machinery.

It's safe—and permitted—to walk across these twin natural sandstone arches.

This lava formation earned its whimsical name from the log-like formation of it stones.

An empty mine that some believe will suddenly be filled with fortune and treasures at the end of the world.

A museum has some wedding cake dating to the Teddy Roosevelt administration, and some bacon from FDR's.

A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.