Places sarahltait Wants to Go

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

The remains of this early 20th century refinery loom on a mountainside like a graffiti-covered fortress.

A desert settlement founded and later abandoned by Hawaiian members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah's Skull Valley.

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.

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

What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?

In the heart of Brigham Young's promised land sits a festering plot of industrial ruin that has been claimed by society's outcasts.

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

The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.

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

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

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.

"May the force be with you always."

The extensive collection of an amateur naturalist.

A replica that won't float away.

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

Step into the cool deep past and unknown future of who begat who.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

The oldest home in Huntington Beach, the farmhouse is a monument to the region's pioneer past.

The church is gone, but the graves and legends remain.

Hundreds of mummies in a silent room, some with eerily pained expressions preserved on their faces.

In a town known for its large hats, this one is the biggest.

White llama terraces dazzle in Peru's "other Machu Picchu."