A Biblically-based Natural History Museum.

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

Incredible sculptures inspired by obscure passages from the Bible.

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.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

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

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

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

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

The remains of this early 20th century refinery loom on a mountainside like a graffiti-covered fortress.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

A desert settlement founded and later abandoned by Hawaiian members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah's Skull Valley.

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

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

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

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

Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

An Italian hillside ghost town.