Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

The damming of the Colorado River buried an iconic geologic formation before record-breaking drought brought it back.

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

During World War II, over 13,000 people of Japanese ancestry were forcibly removed from their homes and incarcerated in this camp in the Idaho desert.

Star garnets are so rare that you can only find them in two places on Earth—here, you can dig for them.

This work of art by Matthew Mazzotta resides in this park dedicated to the first black legislator in Idaho.

An impressive waterfall nestled in the cliffs of Idaho's Snake River Canyon.

Tucked away on a scenic trail, a modest memorial honors one of the greatest writers of our time.

The secluded site of a 1943 plane crash and amazing rescue is only accessible by hiking through the woods.

After this former brothel closed, its interior remained almost frozen in time.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.

Dozens of rockets and missiles are on display outside a testing facility in the Utah desert.

Almost all that remains of a town dedicated to supporting the First Transcontinental Railroad.

The only remains of a 1918 section of Route 30.

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

Inside this striking glass building, visitors can see thousands of dinosaur fossils in the positions that nature deposited them more than 150 million years ago.

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

The last SR-71 ever constructed.

Where unreadable addresses are read, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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

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