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

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.

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."

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 beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

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

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

A collection of over 15,000 zines works to preserve DIY publishing culture.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

A famous flea market artist's studio that's full of odds and ends.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

It's easy to see why this eclectic architectural wonder has been dubbed the "Spaceship House."

With statues of Nelson Mandela and Harvey Milk this monument has been called the Mount Rushmore of California.

An art collective teaching the more fiery, metal-y art forms.

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.