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

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

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

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

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.

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

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

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

Once the foundation for a mansion, these ruins now offer amazing panoramic coastal views.

There is a small island in the Gulf of Nicoya where the only human inhabitants are dead.

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

Where dogs like the rare "Fire-Tailed Border Cocker" run free on the mountainside.

This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.

Disused penal colony features prisoner artwork, some sketched in human blood.

Costa Rican accommodation resembles a crash site, but with a nice balcony.

One Costa Rican island is so beset by illegal shark poachers that the local rangers have built an entire bridge with their confiscated gear .