A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

For 60 years, skiers have calmed their nerves with cocktails hidden along these slopes.

The site of the "Bone Wars" between two rival paleontologists during the dinosaur rush of the 19th century.

This outsider art paradise is filled with dinosaur sculptures crafted from recycled machinery.

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

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

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

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

A shady solar power system that couldn't hold up to the harsh desert conditions.

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

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.

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

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

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

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

A replica that won't float away.

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

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

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.

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."

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

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.