A monument to a survivor of harsh pioneer life, frostbite, and primitive surgery.

Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

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

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

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

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

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

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

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.

The only completed wing of Utah's first capitol is filled with artifacts and odd stories about its past.

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

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

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

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

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

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.

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

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.