What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?

A spectacular overlook of the Little Grand Canyon of the San Rafael River, a deep sandstone gorge streaked with orange, red and white in a remote, uncrowded part of Utah.

Opened in 1911, this small shop is the oldest ongoing establishment in St. George.

These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.

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

The damming of the Colorado River buried an iconic geologic formation before record-breaking drought brought it back.

A crack flared at the base provides a pathway completely through a sandstone ridge near Moab.

At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.

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

An improbable waterfall springs from an orange-white cliff face, tumbling into the headwaters of the Virgin River above Zion National Park.

This lonely gas station has stood at this location since 1917.

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

This roadside stop between Goblin Valley is the perfect location to view some of the region's natural wonders.

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

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

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

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

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

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

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

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

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.

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