An improbable waterfall springs from an orange-white cliff face, tumbling into the headwaters of the Virgin River above Zion National Park.

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

The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.

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

Where a guard killed nine German prisoners during one of the worst 20th-century POW camp massacres in U.S. history.

This roadside stop between Goblin Valley is the perfect location to view some of the region's natural wonders.

A cemetery full of touching tombstones from a community of railroad workers, uranium miners, and Cold War missile launchers.

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

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

The extensive collection of an amateur naturalist.

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

A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.

A museum has some wedding cake dating to the Teddy Roosevelt administration, and some bacon from FDR's.

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

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

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

Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.

A museum in rural Utah documents the history of the Japanese Americans who were forcibly relocated there.

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

Step into the cool deep past and unknown future of who begat who.

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

The highest peak in Utah is the hardest to reach, but only if explorers choose the hard way.

A shady solar power system that couldn't hold up to the harsh desert conditions.

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