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A desert settlement founded and later abandoned by Hawaiian members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah's Skull Valley.

Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

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.

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

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

A replica that won't float away.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

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.