In 1847, Brigham Young climbed this hill to survey the Salt Lake Valley and saw a fine place to build a city.

A late-19th century diversion canal built by hand crosses Bryce Canyon National Park and is still in use.

Although it also features red, orange, and variegated cliffs of Navajo Sandstone, this state park is often overshadowed by its more famous neighbor.

This magnificent natural sandstone bridge is one of the largest in the world and is an iconic symbol for Lake Powell.

Dozens of rockets and missiles are on display outside a testing facility in the Utah desert.

In 1952, this restaurant began selling the Colonel's “secret” recipe.

Inside this striking glass building, visitors can see thousands of dinosaur fossils in the positions that nature deposited them more than 150 million years ago.

The last SR-71 ever constructed.

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

A stoic rock cairn is all that remains to remember one of the more brutal instances of frontier treachery in American history.

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

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

A museum in rural Utah documents the history of the Japanese Americans who were forcibly relocated there.

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

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

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

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

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

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.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.