Salt Lake City, Utah
Gilgal Sculpture Garden
A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.
Places I've been
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Salt Lake City, Utah
A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.
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.
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.
Spanish Fork, Utah
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.
Genola, Utah
The remains of this early 20th century refinery loom on a mountainside like a graffiti-covered fortress.
Fairview, Utah
A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
Escalante, Utah
Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.
Goodyear, Arizona
This abandoned horse racing track was an exercise in hubris from its inception.
Phoenix, Arizona
The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.
Culver City, California
A bright California graveyard with a decidedly dark side.
Baker, California
This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.
Newberry Springs, California
The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.
Barcelona, Spain
Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.
Barcelona, Spain
Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.
Barcelona, Spain
This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.
Madurai, India
This ancient Hindu temple is covered in thousands of colorful statues and has a long mythological history.
Bommayapalayam, India
This experimental utopian "city of the future" in rural India may hold a dark secret.
Mahabalipuram, India
This precariously balanced boulder is said to be a hunk of stolen butter dropped by the gods.
Earlimart, California
A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.
Los Angeles, California
This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.
Los Angeles, California
Wild West history in Hollywood style.
Los Angeles, California
Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.