Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

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

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

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

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

A replica that won't float away.

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.

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

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

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.

It's safe—and permitted—to walk across these twin natural sandstone arches.

A spectacular overlook of the Little Grand Canyon of the San Rafael River, a deep sandstone gorge streaked with orange, red and white in a remote, uncrowded part of Utah.

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

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

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.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

This great stone guardian of the forest is a relic from the land's volatile volcanic past.