Home to the world's largest quilt collection dating from the 1600s through today.

The same security that protects our nukes accidentally protected a gentle herd of antelope.

Nebraska’s longest-running summer theater is a musical tribute to cowboy culture.

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

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

This granite monument at the site of an ill-conceived tourist attraction is built from the same stone as the Mormon Temple.

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

An enormous image of Utah's salt flats made entirely from tape.

This creepy, abandoned cemetery is all that remains of a once booming mining town.

A desert settlement founded and later abandoned by Hawaiian members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah's Skull Valley.

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

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 former rail stop in Utah was abandoned, repopulated by some nostalgic friends, and now is home to a single DIY aviator who lives in a hangar.

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

Drive up a paved road into "Nevada's Yosemite" for exquisite views and mountain hiking in an alpine setting.

This arts and culture cultural center explores the diverse cultural heritage of the American West.

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

A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.

An ill-fated attempt to grow wheat in the sagebrush steppe of northeastern Nevada.

This large maar crater in Oregon is the bigger brother to Hole in the Ground.

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.

Each winter this underground cave forms a dazzling ice palace.