Hanksville, Utah
Carl's Critter Garden
This outsider art paradise is filled with dinosaur sculptures crafted from recycled machinery.
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Hanksville, Utah
This outsider art paradise is filled with dinosaur sculptures crafted from recycled machinery.
Wendover, Utah
A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.
Monticello, Utah
Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.
Salt Lake City, Utah
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.
Hanksville, Utah
This innovative mill was built for a legendary gold mine that never came to be.
Leeds, Utah
A mining camp built around an unexpected occurrence of silver.
Mexican Hat, Utah
This arch was featured prominently in the film.
Salt Lake City, Utah
In 1847, Brigham Young climbed this hill to survey the Salt Lake Valley and saw a fine place to build a city.
Tropic, Utah
A late-19th century diversion canal built by hand crosses Bryce Canyon National Park and is still in use.
Orderville, Utah
Nature has shaped this drainage tunnel into the digestive tract of a mighty beast.
Castle Dale, Utah
A spectacular overlook of the Little Grand Canyon of the San Rafael River, a deep sandstone gorge streaked with orange, red and white in a remote, uncrowded part of Utah.
Kanab, Utah
Walk through the sets of old western films at this small museum in Utah.
Salt Lake City, Utah
A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.
Fillmore, Utah
The only completed wing of Utah's first capitol is filled with artifacts and odd stories about its past.
Elberta, Utah
This lonely gas station has stood at this location since 1917.
Elberta, Utah
This lava formation earned its whimsical name from the log-like formation of it stones.
Hanksville, Utah
At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.
Moab, Utah
It's safe—and permitted—to walk across these twin natural sandstone arches.
Herriman, Utah
Largest man-made excavation on earth!
Meadow, Utah
This set of three large, volcanic hot springs is a favorite haunt for intrepid divers.
Huntsville, Utah
Eat burgers beneath gargantuan taxidermy and thousands of dollar bills in Utah's oldest continuously-operating bar.
Moab, Utah
A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.
Torrey, Utah
A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.