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

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

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

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

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

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

A replica that won't float away.

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.

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

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

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

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

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

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

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

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.

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

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

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

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

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.