The only remains of a 1918 section of Route 30.

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

The remains of this early 20th century refinery loom on a mountainside like a graffiti-covered fortress.

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

This plaque marks the site where the penultimate chapter in the journey of two doomed boys unfolded in an imagined parallel universe.

In the heart of Brigham Young's promised land sits a festering plot of industrial ruin that has been claimed by society's outcasts.

This large, castle-like structure is hidden amid the mountains on the grounds of the Utah State Hospital.

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

This creepy, abandoned cemetery is all that remains 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.

The extensive collection of an amateur naturalist.

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

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

A replica that won't float away.

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?

The only ski tunnel in North America provides easy access to amazing snow and beautiful views.

This now-abandoned part of the original transcontinental railroad route provides a surreal driving and historical experience.

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

"May the force be with you always."

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

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

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

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