Monuments in Utah

Next to Salt Lake City's Assembly Hall stands a tribute to some unlikely heroes of early Mormon settlers.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

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

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

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

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

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

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.

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