Places NiftyChick Wants to Go

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

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

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

The last SR-71 ever constructed.

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

Water flowed out of the town's unusual tree stump fountain in the 1930s, and the well still runs today.

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.

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

Colorful sand dunes create a unique attraction in this part of Utah's red-rock country.

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

Nature has shaped this drainage tunnel into the digestive tract of a mighty beast.

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

A monument to a survivor of harsh pioneer life, frostbite, and primitive surgery.

A mining camp built around an unexpected occurrence of silver.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

A museum has some wedding cake dating to the Teddy Roosevelt administration, and some bacon from FDR's.

An unprepossessing storage reservoir in southern Utah has a checkered past.

Irontown was founded in 1868, as a second attempt to mine iron from the nearby Iron Mountain.

Although it also features red, orange, and variegated cliffs of Navajo Sandstone, this state park is often overshadowed by its more famous neighbor.

Opened in 1911, this small shop is the oldest ongoing establishment in St. George.

The first motion picture theater in southern Utah, reimagined and renovated as an arts hub.

This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

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