Almost all that remains of a town dedicated to supporting the First Transcontinental Railroad.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

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

The notorious Wild West outlaw was raised in this unassuming abode.

Mark Twain once stopped at this rest station during his journey to Nevada.

A cemetery full of touching tombstones from a community of railroad workers, uranium miners, and Cold War missile launchers.

This UFO landing strip was created by a charitable Wyoming city that was worried about residents of Jupiter.

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

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

This set of three large, volcanic hot springs is a favorite haunt for intrepid divers.

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

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

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

Here, at the "world's longest art gallery," you'll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

The highest peak in Utah is the hardest to reach, but only if explorers choose the hard way.

Built in 1917, this building is home to the last working spring-loaded dance floor in Utah.

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

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.

Eat burgers beneath gargantuan taxidermy and thousands of dollar bills in Utah's oldest continuously-operating bar.

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

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

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

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

The last SR-71 ever constructed.