Next to Salt Lake City's Assembly Hall stands a tribute to some unlikely heroes of early Mormon settlers.

In 1847, Brigham Young climbed this hill to survey the Salt Lake Valley and saw a fine place to build a city.

This granite monument at the site of an ill-conceived tourist attraction is built from the same stone as the Mormon Temple.

This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.

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

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

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

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

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

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

In 1952, this restaurant began selling the Colonel's “secret” recipe.

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

These 100-year-old tunnels in downtown Provo house artists, restaurants, and a few surprises.

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

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 blooming house of worship for the masses.

5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.

A Guinness World Record-holding social enterprise whose shows don't shy away from heavy themes.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

This unusual island has a winding sand bridge that only appears at low tide.

This holy site either displays a centuries-old cross or a complete fake.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.