Where a guard killed nine German prisoners during one of the worst 20th-century POW camp massacres in U.S. history.

A cemetery full of touching tombstones from a community of railroad workers, uranium miners, and Cold War missile launchers.

The damming of the Colorado River buried an iconic geologic formation before record-breaking drought brought it back.

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

A museum has some wedding cake dating to the Teddy Roosevelt administration, and some bacon from FDR's.

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

Dubbed the "Blade Runner dragon," this buzzing neon sign is a beloved local icon.

This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.

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.

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

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.

Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.

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

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

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

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

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

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

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

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

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

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.