Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

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

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

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

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

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

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

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

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

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

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

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

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

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

A devilishly named gorge that was a sign of salvation for many pioneers.

Where the famed daredevil attempted to launch himself across a canyon in a custom-built rocket.

These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.

Rare and gorgeous birds abound in this protected wildlife sanctuary.

A museum dedicated to the history and art of staying clean.

The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.