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

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

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

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.

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

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

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

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

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.

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

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

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

Submerged busts of communist and socialist figures from the USSR.

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

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

Double spiral staircases are not unheard of, but they are very rare.

A dream-like maze full of strange art, surreal spaces, and fantasy landscapes to get lost in.