Fort Zion

This 25-foot-tall statue was built as a protest to a property dispute.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

This Wild West attraction is probably more fiction than history, but that doesn't mean it's not awesome.