If it wasn’t for an innovative use of quilts during a crisis, the city of Panguitch might not exist today.

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

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

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

The last SR-71 ever constructed.

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

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.

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

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

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

This lava formation earned its whimsical name from the log-like formation of it stones.

The extensive collection of an amateur naturalist.

A dazzling display of red rocks weathered into spires and hoodoos.

This large, castle-like structure is hidden amid the mountains on the grounds of the Utah State Hospital.

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

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

The most accurate timepiece in the world.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.