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

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

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

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

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

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

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

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

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

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

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

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

A replica that won't float away.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

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

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

This unconventional used book store was once in the news for the surprising act of burning books.

During the 19th-century, this park was a vital trading fort.

After miraculously surviving a giant flood, the 19th-century nut tree and its offspring are protected with their own tiny park.

A wax effigy of St. Valentine hides one of the saint's relics.

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.