The origin of this bizarre, ghostly idol is a local mystery, even to the temple it calls home.

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

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

This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.

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

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

No one knows exactly how deep the world’s deepest geothermal hot spring is.

A mental health hospital dating back more than 139 years, now features a museum.

A classic mystery spot complete with spots that are said to make you shrink or grow when you stand on them.

It is the only marker for one of the most famous hate crimes in American history. There are no other memorials for him in the entire state.

Features unique photographic collections by women of the American West and historical attractions such as a two-story outhouse.

This sandstone building is a relic of the Overland Trail.

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

Creek water that starts here has a 50/50 chance of ending up in the Atlantic or the Pacific.

Dedicated to an airmail pilot who never let go of his important payload.

Colorful sand dunes create a unique attraction in this part of Utah's red-rock country.

Contains a wealth of information about the first exploration and later use of the Green and Colorado Rivers.

Only ruined buildings and abandoned charcoal kilns remain of this once bustling Wild West boom town.

The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.

These headstones and a few stone foundations are all that remain of a once-booming mining town.

Kay Andrews's recipe was so good, her family immortalized it in stone.

The only completed wing of Utah's first capitol is filled with artifacts and odd stories about its past.

"May the force be with you always."

It's safe—and permitted—to walk across these twin natural sandstone arches.