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Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.

Water flowed out of the town's unusual tree stump fountain in the 1930s, and the well still runs today.

This set of three large, volcanic hot springs is a favorite haunt for intrepid divers.

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

A museum has some wedding cake dating to the Teddy Roosevelt administration, and some bacon from FDR's.

The notorious Wild West outlaw was raised in this unassuming abode.

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

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

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

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.

Incredible sculptures inspired by obscure passages from the Bible.

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.