Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

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

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

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

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.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

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

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

A replica that won't float away.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

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.

Here, at the "world's longest art gallery," you'll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

Incredible sculptures inspired by obscure passages from the Bible.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

An unusual geological feature towers over the remains of a dark episode in United States history.

Mark Twain once stopped at this rest station during his journey to Nevada.

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

An antique Beechcraft airplane serves as a giant windsock for people driving through the blustery open country of eastern Wyoming.

A devilishly named gorge that was a sign of salvation for many pioneers.