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

An enormous image of Utah's salt flats made entirely from tape.

A stoic rock cairn is all that remains to remember one of the more brutal instances of frontier treachery in American history.

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

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

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

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

The extensive collection of an amateur naturalist.

This lava formation earned its whimsical name from the log-like formation of it stones.

This former rail stop in Utah was abandoned, repopulated by some nostalgic friends, and now is home to a single DIY aviator who lives in a hangar.

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

A replica that won't float away.

The building stands within a quiet, postcard-perfect New Mexico village.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."