Deep in the Guatemalan jungle stands an ancient pyramid that once marked the reign of a king.

This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.

Rock-hewn monastery complex with hundreds of cave structures tucked away into the mountainside.

An island in the middle of a lake, in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of a bigger lake, in the middle of a bigger island, in an archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

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.

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

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

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 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.