The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

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

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

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

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

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.