Hanksville, Utah
Mars Desert Research Station
A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Hanksville, Utah
A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.
Huntsville, Utah
Eat burgers beneath gargantuan taxidermy and thousands of dollar bills in Utah's oldest continuously-operating bar.
Thompson, Utah
A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.
Moab, Utah
A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.
Escalante, Utah
Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.
Hurricane, Utah
A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.
Lehi, Utah
Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.
Monticello, Utah
One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.
Oakley, Utah
What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?
Moab, Utah
The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.
Rockville, Utah
Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.
Herriman, Utah
A replica that won't float away.
Monroe, Utah
One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.
Salt Lake City, Utah
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.
Green River, Utah
Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."
Moab, Utah
A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
Midway, Utah
This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.
Elko, Nevada
Once a famous outpost for purchasing saddles and spurs, this museum preserves the art, craft, and style of the American cowboy.
Incline Village, Nevada
A granite primate with a view.
Florence Hill, Nevada
Exhibiting the tallest structure of its type in Nevada, this massive mining complex is frozen in time.
Yerington, Nevada
Well-preserved ruins in the Pine Grove Hills of western Nevada.
Verdi, Nevada
An iron monument on the 120th meridian as surveyed, one of only four marking the boundary between Nevada and California north of Lake Tahoe.
Mercury, Nevada
A desert journey through atomic history.