Orem, Utah
Roots of Knowledge Stained Glass
An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.
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Orem, Utah
An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.
Bluff, Utah
A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.
San Juan County, Utah
An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.
Littlefield, Arizona
This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.
Kayenta, Arizona
Hidden inside this Arizona fast food franchise is an in-depth exhibit on the famed WWII counterintelligence program.
Tonalea, Arizona
The graffiti-covered ruins of an abandoned trading post in the middle of the Navajo Nation.
Halchita, Utah
The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.
Hanksville, Utah
This outsider art paradise is filled with dinosaur sculptures crafted from recycled machinery.
Hanksville, Utah
At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.
Monroe, Utah
One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.
Meadow, Utah
This set of three large, volcanic hot springs is a favorite haunt for intrepid divers.
Spanish Fork, Utah
An empty mine that some believe will suddenly be filled with fortune and treasures at the end of the world.
Payson, Utah
A dazzling display of red rocks weathered into spires and hoodoos.
Genola, Utah
The remains of this early 20th century refinery loom on a mountainside like a graffiti-covered fortress.
Elberta, Utah
This lava formation earned its whimsical name from the log-like formation of it stones.
Wendover, Utah
Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.
Wendover, Utah
A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.
Wendover, Utah
A proto micro-nation sometimes populated by artists, surrounded on all sides by a Utah most barren.
Corinne, Utah
Dozens of rockets and missiles are on display outside a testing facility in the Utah desert.
Corinne, Utah
This now-abandoned part of the original transcontinental railroad route provides a surreal driving and historical experience.
Grantsville, Utah
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.
Huntsville, Utah
Eat burgers beneath gargantuan taxidermy and thousands of dollar bills in Utah's oldest continuously-operating bar.
Midway, Utah
This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.
Vernal, Utah
Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.