Fairview, Utah
Spirit the Columbian Mammoth
One of the most intact and well-preserved skeletons of a mammoth in the world is displayed in a tiny Utah town.
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Fairview, Utah
One of the most intact and well-preserved skeletons of a mammoth in the world is displayed in a tiny Utah town.
Naples, Utah
This hiking trail is scattered with the remains of a failed attempt to provide water to farmers in Dry Fork Canyon.
Hanksville, Utah
This innovative mill was built for a legendary gold mine that never came to be.
Terra, Utah
Ancient volcanic activity made this into an exciting rockhounding site.
Kanab, Utah
Discover this sandstone alcove, a geologic wonder in southern Utah, that continues to slowly shape shift.
Vernal, Utah
Built for a motel, this cartoon dino is now a symbol of the area's paleontological heritage.
Garrison, Utah
This prehistoric karst cave is situated near a working ranch and historic warm springs.
Dugway, Utah
The only remains of a 1918 section of Route 30.
Frisco, Utah
Only ruined buildings and abandoned charcoal kilns remain of this once bustling Wild West boom town.
Hanksville, Utah
This roadside stop between Goblin Valley and the Henry Mountains is the perfect location to view some of the region's natural wonders.
Wendover, Utah
A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.
Salt Lake City, Utah
An enormous image of Utah's salt flats made entirely from tape.
Duck Creek Village, Utah
An improbable waterfall springs from an orange-white cliff face, tumbling into the headwaters of the Virgin River above Zion National Park.
Delta, Utah
A museum in rural Utah documents the history of the Japanese Americans who were forcibly relocated there.
Klis, Croatia
One of the very few mosques built by the Ottomans still standing in Croatia is now a Catholic church.
Malo Grablje, Croatia
This deserted town in the hills of Croatia’s "party island" may have a scandalous connection to King Henry VIII.
Vis, Croatia
Formerly Yugoslavia's "forbidden island," this sleepy little city still holds the abandoned remains of military strongholds.
Komiža, Croatia
An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.
Vela Luka, Croatia
A cave with a continual human presence from 20,000 BC outside of Vela Luka on the island of Korcula.
Vela Luka, Croatia
This work of art is considered the world's longest mosaic.
Korčula, Croatia
When Croatia became independent of Yugoslavia, the splintering governments left behind these concrete tunnels.
Unsko-sanski kanton, Bosnia and Herzegovina
An abandoned brutalist monument whose history has been lost to the ages.
Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A forgotten and crumbling Yugoslav monument to the victims of fascism.
Željava, Croatia
Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.