This former rail stop in Utah was abandoned, repopulated by some nostalgic friends, and now is home to a single DIY aviator who lives in a hangar.

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

This plaque marks the site where the penultimate chapter in the journey of two doomed boys unfolded in an imagined parallel universe.

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

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

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

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 Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

A shady solar power system that couldn't hold up to the harsh desert conditions.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

A proto micro-nation sometimes populated by artists, surrounded on all sides by a Utah most barren.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

This historic Idaho island is home to a strange timeshare museum, a homemade mini-golf course, and an outhouse named Aunt Fanny.

An Idaho legend carved out a cave village with his own two hands.

A few dilapidated structures are all that remain of this deserted former silver mining town.

Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.

A petroglyph map of the upper Snake River carved by prehistoric hunter-gatherers.

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

This Taoist temple is the oldest continuously used Chinese temple in California.