A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

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.

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

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

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

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

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.

This granite monument at the site of an ill-conceived tourist attraction is built from the same stone as the Mormon Temple.

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

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

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

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

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

"May the force be with you always."

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

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

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

This UFO landing strip was created by a charitable Wyoming city that was worried about residents of Jupiter.

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

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