Largest man-made excavation on earth!

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.

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

This museum remembers the tough Mormon trek across America through an intriguing array of artifacts.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

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

This mural changes every few years.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

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

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

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

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

The last SR-71 ever constructed.

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

The United Arab Emirates's biggest and oldest fort pays homage to a lost era.

A small United Arab Emirates territory within an Omani enclave within the United Arab Emirates.

Every December, this stretch of dusty desert road transforms into a catwalk for a camel beauty pageant.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.

The privately owned cemetery that holds room for Washington's finest when they step down from life.

One of the Treasury Building's original columns now sits as a garden monument in the middle of a busy military base.