Places lunarassault Wants to Go

A dazzling display of red rocks weathered into spires and hoodoos.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

This set of three large, volcanic hot springs is a favorite haunt for intrepid divers.

This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.

Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.

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.

Eat burgers beneath gargantuan taxidermy and thousands of dollar bills in Utah's oldest continuously-operating bar.

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 Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

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

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

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

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

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

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

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

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

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

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.

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