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Victim of the Beast Gravestone

Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "Victim of the Beast," but no one knows why.

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Gilgal Sculpture Garden

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

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The Summum Pyramid

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Summum Pyramid

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

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Salt Lake City Public Library

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

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Some of Plescia's art can be seen from the street

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Ralphael Plescia's "Christian School"

Incredible sculptures inspired by obscure passages from the Bible.

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Anderson Tower

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Anderson Tower Monument

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

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The Pioneer Memorial Museum

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The Pioneer Memorial Museum

This museum remembers the tough Mormon trek across America through bizarre artifacts.

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This Is The Place Monument

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This Is The Place Monument

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

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