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Seattle, Washington
Seattle Underground
A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.
47.6015, -122.3343
Orderville, Utah
Belly of the Dragon
Nature has shaped this drainage tunnel into the digestive tract of a mighty beast.
37.2115, -112.6851
Corinne, Utah
The Spiral Jetty
An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.
41.4377, -112.6688
Wendover, Utah
Metaphor: The Tree of Utah
A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.
40.7332, -113.5509
Brian Head, Utah
Cedar Breaks National Monument
Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.
37.6360, -112.8450
Bryce, Utah
Bryce Canyon
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
37.5968, -112.2085
Syracuse, Utah
Antelope Island on the Great Salt Lake
The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.
41.0344, -112.2365
Monticello, Utah
Church Rock
Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.
38.0740, -109.3452
Monticello, Utah
Newspaper Rock
One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.
37.9884, -109.5182
Jensen, Utah
Quarry Exhibit Hall
Inside this striking glass building, visitors can see thousands of dinosaur fossils in the positions that nature deposited them more than 150 million years ago.
40.4405, -109.3009
Salt Lake City, Utah
Saltair
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.
40.7472, -112.1882
Moab, Utah
Hole N" the Rock
A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.
38.3905, -109.4546
Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City Public Library
Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.
40.7601, -111.8848
Salt Lake City, Utah
'Out of the Blue'
This mural changes every few years.
40.7498, -111.8595
Salt Lake City, Utah
This Is The Place Monument
A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.
40.7537, -111.8154
Salt Lake City, Utah
Site of the World's First KFC
In 1952, this restaurant began selling the Colonel's “secret” recipe.
40.6873, -111.8888
Herriman, Utah
Kennecott Utah Copper-Bingham Canyon Mine
Largest man-made excavation on earth!
40.5312, -112.1375
Moab, Utah
Moab Rock Shop
This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.
38.5823, -109.5524
Moab, Utah
Landscape Arch
The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.
38.7908, -109.6075
Midway, Utah
Homestead Crater
This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.
40.5239, -111.4850
Torrey, Utah
Factory Butte
A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.
38.2801, -111.1397
Provo, Utah
Provo Tunnels
These 100-year-old tunnels in downtown Provo house artists, restaurants, and a few surprises.
40.2346, -111.6591
Richfield, Utah
Pando, the Trembling Giant
One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.
38.5320, -111.7523
Elberta, Utah
Sinclair Gas Station
This lonely gas station has stood at this location since 1917.
39.9518, -111.9559
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