In the heart of Brigham Young's promised land sits a festering plot of industrial ruin that has been claimed by society's outcasts.

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

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

The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.

Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.

Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

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

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

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

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

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

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

Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.

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.

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.

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

A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.

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

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

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.