Places lunarassault Wants to Go

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

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

Thousands of years ago, Indigenous people painted images onto these canyon walls that are still on display today, provocative, mysterious, and enduring reminders of the people who lived here long ago.

An improbable waterfall springs from an orange-white cliff face, tumbling into the headwaters of the Virgin River above Zion National Park.

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

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

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

A crack flared at the base provides a pathway completely through a sandstone ridge near Moab.

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

The highest peak in Utah is the hardest to reach, but only if explorers choose the hard way.

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

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

A shady solar power system that couldn't hold up to the harsh desert conditions.

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

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

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

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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