A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

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

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

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

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

Home to a timed geyser created by complete accident.

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

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

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

This arts and culture cultural center explores the diverse cultural heritage of the American West.

The world's largest dead polar bear, immortalized by taxidermy and Hunter S. Thompson.

Drive up a paved road into "Nevada's Yosemite" for exquisite views and mountain hiking in an alpine setting.

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

The only bridge in the United States where BASE jumping is legal without a permit year-round.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

Train debris from the deadliest avalanche in United States history can still be found in the ravine where so many perished.

The site of the Wellington avalanche, one of the America's worst railroad disasters.

A 14-foot-tall Bigfoot statue stands guard over this café and filming location.

The tiny church offers succor to travelers driving by, but only eight at a time.

"The Reptile Man's" very own roadside zoo features an albino alligator.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

A museum dedicated to an elusive cryptid.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.