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

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

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

This mural changes every few years.

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

Dubbed the "Blade Runner dragon," this buzzing neon sign is a beloved local icon.

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

This creepy, abandoned cemetery is all that remains of a once booming mining town.

The only ski tunnel in North America provides easy access to amazing snow and beautiful views.

Eat burgers beneath gargantuan taxidermy and thousands of dollar bills in Utah's oldest continuously-operating bar.

This massive metal sculpture in the shape of a folded paper airplane overlooks a Utah mountain.

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

A monument to a survivor of harsh pioneer life, frostbite, and primitive surgery.

A stoic rock cairn is all that remains to remember one of the more brutal instances of frontier treachery in American history.

Opened in 1911, this small shop is the oldest ongoing establishment in St. George.

The first motion picture theater in southern Utah, reimagined and renovated as an arts hub.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

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

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

This large, castle-like structure is hidden amid the mountains on the grounds of the Utah State Hospital.

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

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

The last SR-71 ever constructed.

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.