Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.

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

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

A replica that won't float away.

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

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

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

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

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.

Each year, teams of the world's best snow sculptors have 65 hours to create frozen masterpieces.

In the middle of a suburban Denver neighborhood is a cave that once provided solace for a prominent Ute chief and his family.

A mental health hospital dating back more than 139 years, now features a museum.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.

The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.