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

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

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

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.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.

A small town built on an abandoned airfield has former runways as streets and a bar and grill in an old airplane hangar.

This Wyoming town is fascinated by a particular mythical creature.

Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.

The start of the group that straightened the teeth of a nation.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

This massive home was constructed by one of the greatest conservationists in Colorado history.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

Senators used to relax in the nearly forgotten marble tubs now hidden in the U.S. Capitol Building's basement.

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

Inside this casino, visitors are treated to slot machines and a rare German Christmas pyramid.

The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.