Places Kanashii Wants to Go

Dedicated to an airmail pilot who never let go of his important payload.

Colorful sand dunes create a unique attraction in this part of Utah's red-rock country.

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.

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

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

Kay Andrews's recipe was so good, her family immortalized it in stone.

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

"May the force be with you always."

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

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

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

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

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

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

A replica that won't float away.

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.

An author's private collection of quirky travel-trinkets and oddities has become a rotating mini-museum in the window of a local bookstore.

What is the Thing?

A tribute to one of the most memorable characters from the Transformers movie series.

An entire subdivision was accidentally built on a flood plain, resulting in its eventual demolition—but the streets are still there.

After 97 years of constant vigilance from the dome of the Texas State Capitol, the original Goddess of Liberty retired to a life of climate-controlled leisure.

A curious statue fit for a mad tea party.

On the outskirts of San Antonio, a small bridge is said to be the home of a mysterious local legend known as the "Donkey Lady."