A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

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

A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.

This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

A proto micro-nation sometimes populated by artists, surrounded on all sides by a Utah most barren.

Dubbed the "Blade Runner dragon," this buzzing neon sign is a beloved local icon.

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.

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

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

US-50 in Nevada is known as "the Loneliest Road in America," but this earlier iteration of the route is even lonelier.

An ill-fated attempt to grow wheat in the sagebrush steppe of northeastern Nevada.

This magnificent, quirky home sits atop a literal gold mine in the middle of the Nevada desert.

One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.

Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.

The two-cell building in Nebraska was briefly owned by a teenage boy and then a Hollywood dummy.

A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.

This shrine is an ode to the region's rich Hispanic heritage.

In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.

The world's largest key collection features keys to the White House, Frankenstein's castle, and Hitler's bunker.

A little-known hot spring haven right below the highway.

Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.