Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

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

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

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

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

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

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

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

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

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

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

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

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

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

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

A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

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

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.

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

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

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.