In 1847, Brigham Young climbed this hill to survey the Salt Lake Valley and saw a fine place to build a city.

This granite monument at the site of an ill-conceived tourist attraction is built from the same stone as the Mormon Temple.

Built in 1859, this eagle-topped archway marks the entrance to Brigham Young’s property.

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

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.

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

This site is home to ancient petroglyphs and pictographs dating back to 6,000 B.C.

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

Next to Salt Lake City's Assembly Hall stands a tribute to some unlikely heroes of early Mormon settlers.

Three gardens with toilets and urinals filled with bright flowers started as a protest against zoning rules.

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

Final resting place for the Triangle Shirtwaist fire’s unidentified victims.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Once a dumping spot, now a park with a kayak launch.

Enormous one time fiber mill now houses local artists and small businesses.

Where the Monitor was launched and ushered in the age of the "ironclads."

Known as the "Forgotten City" it was home to industry, riots, artists, squatters, and to one of the largest single disaster fires in New York City.

Once a flowing stream and where the USS Monitor, the world's first ironclad, was built and launched.

Ornate "Renaissance Revival" style building.

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

Built as a home for the Union Porcelain magnate in 1867, now the Greenpoint Reformed Church and home to a ceramic mystery.

The only remaining Jewish congregation in Greenpoint.

Once a ferry dock, radio transmitter, and now a new Greenpoint park.

Queen Anne style apartment house built in 1886.