Places NiftyChick Wants to Go

A late-19th century diversion canal built by hand crosses Bryce Canyon National Park and is still in use.

If it wasn’t for an innovative use of quilts during a crisis, the city of Panguitch might not exist today.

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

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

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

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

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

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

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

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

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

The only completed wing of Utah's first capitol is filled with artifacts and odd stories about its past.

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

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

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

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

This now-protected stone circle is an archeological mystery and a stellar viewpoint.

This site is home to ancient petroglyphs and pictographs dating back to 6,000 B.C.

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

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

This remote Colorado canyon is home to the second-largest collection of natural arches in the world.

These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.

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

Metal water storage tank turned ethereal concert hall.