Places Karren Pyfer Wants to Go

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

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

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

What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?

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

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

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

Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.

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

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

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

A replica that won't float away.

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

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

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

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

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.

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."