In the heart of Brigham Young's promised land sits a festering plot of industrial ruin that has been claimed by society's outcasts.

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

This temple, built by an eccentric religious leader before his death, sits guarded and in ruins.

The first motion picture theater in southern Utah, reimagined and renovated as an arts hub.

This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.

This lonely gas station has stood at this location since 1917.

These headstones and a few stone foundations are all that remain of a once-booming mining town.

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

This large pile of traveler-curated rocks by the dry lakebed is a longstanding tradition on the Old Mojave Road.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

This former shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

Opened in 1911, this small shop is the oldest ongoing establishment in St. George.