Places Karren Pyfer Wants to Go

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

A cemetery full of touching tombstones from a community of railroad workers, uranium miners, and Cold War missile launchers.

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

An enormous image of Utah's salt flats made entirely from tape.

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

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

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

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

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

A museum in rural Utah documents the history of the Japanese Americans who were forcibly relocated there.

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

Step into the cool deep past and unknown future of who begat who.

Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.

This museum remembers the tough Mormon trek across America through an intriguing array of artifacts.

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

A proto micro-nation sometimes populated by artists, surrounded on all sides by a Utah most barren.

The notorious Wild West outlaw was raised in this unassuming abode.

A dazzling display of red rocks weathered into spires and hoodoos.

This set of three large, volcanic hot springs is a favorite haunt for intrepid divers.

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

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.

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.