There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

This lava formation earned its whimsical name from the log-like formation of it stones.

This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.

This now-abandoned part of the original transcontinental railroad route provides a surreal driving and historical experience.

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

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

Almost all that remains of a town dedicated to supporting the First Transcontinental Railroad.

The extensive collection of an amateur naturalist.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

Kay Andrews's recipe was so good, her family immortalized it in stone.

An empty mine that some believe will suddenly be filled with fortune and treasures at the end of the world.

Incredible sculptures inspired by obscure passages from the Bible.

The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.

An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.

This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

More than 25 fully functional scale replicas of famous lighthouses dot the shores of Lake Havasu.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

A mass grave for victims of an airline disaster that led to much-needed safety improvements for commercial flights.

A replica of the flagpole that gave a frontier town its name.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.