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

Only ruined buildings and abandoned charcoal kilns remain of this once bustling Wild West boom town.

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

The last SR-71 ever constructed.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

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

The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.

Water flowed out of the town's unusual tree stump fountain in the 1930s, and the well still runs today.

A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.

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

Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.

The remains of this early 20th century refinery loom on a mountainside like a graffiti-covered fortress.

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

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

A desert settlement founded and later abandoned by Hawaiian members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah's Skull Valley.

A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

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

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

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.