60 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Utah - Atlas Obscura

Pando, the Trembling Giant

Richfield, Utah

Pando, the Trembling Giant

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

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Nine Mile Canyon - the BLM has advised it as "an area of critical environmental concern"

Carbon County, Utah

Nine Mile Canyon

Here, at the "world's longest art gallery," you'll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

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Bryce Canyon

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

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Green River, Utah

Goblin Valley State Park

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

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Sunlight from the dome's opening plays on the surface of the spring water, reflecting on the rock face inside

Homestead Crater

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

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Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

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Trilobite Quarry

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

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Long abandoned house flooded by the landslide in Spanish Fork Canyon that made Thistle, Utah a ghost town several years ago.

Thistle Ghost Town

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

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