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

A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

This towering volcanic plug stands out among the dramatic formations that dot this otherworldly desert valley.

Some of the Old West's most notorious outlaws frequented this mining town.

In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.