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

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.

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

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

The highest peak in Utah is the hardest to reach, but only if explorers choose the hard way.

A museum in rural Utah documents the history of the Japanese Americans who were forcibly relocated there.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

This set of three large, volcanic hot springs is a favorite haunt for intrepid divers.

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

Water flowed out of the town's unusual tree stump fountain in the 1930s, and the well still runs today.

"May the force be with you always."

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

This roadside stop between Goblin Valley is the perfect location to view some of the region's natural wonders.

These headstones and a few stone foundations are all that remain of a once-booming mining town.

This lonely gas station has stood at this location since 1917.

A monument to a survivor of harsh pioneer life, frostbite, and primitive surgery.

The only ski tunnel in North America provides easy access to amazing snow and beautiful views.

The only remains of a 1918 section of Route 30.

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