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Historic Wendover Airfield

This pristine World War II airfield gives a comprehensive look at atomic development and aviation history.

zliollio

Added by zliollio

Delta Solar Ruins

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

jalandodd

Added by jalandodd

Topaz Museum

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

WhiskeyBristles

Added by WhiskeyBristles

Kemmerer, Wyoming

JCPenney Mother Store

One of America's largest retail chains got its start in one of its most remote rural destinations.

Added by ianlefk

Box Elder County, Utah

'Eddgar and Benn'

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

jase

Paul Bunyan's Woodpile

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

av6363

Added by av6363

Transcontinental Railroad Back Country Byway

This now-abandoned part of the original transcontinental railroad route provides a surreal driving and historical experience.

slgwv

'Kay's Fudge' Gravestone

Kay Andrews's recipe was so good, her family immortalized it in stone.

lukefater

Added by lukefater

ATK Rocket Garden

Dozens of rockets and missiles are on display outside a testing facility in the Utah desert.

slgwv

Lincoln Highway Bridge

The only remains of a 1918 section of Route 30.

biodieselbarry

Added by biodieselbarry

Devil's Kitchen

A dazzling display of red rocks weathered into spires and hoodoos.

Added by ivancholakov

Silver City Cemetery

These headstones and a few stone foundations are all that remain of a once-booming mining town.

SarBow23

Added by SarBow23

Elite Hall

Built in 1917, this building is home to the last working spring-loaded dance floor in Utah.

Added by awesomecam09

Evanston, Wyoming

Roundhouse & Railyards

Evanston's historic railroad complex saved this rail town from reaching the "end of the line."

Added by ianlefk

Sinclair Gas Station

This lonely gas station has stood at this location since 1917.

stumpa

Added by stumpa

Tintic Standard Reduction Mill

The remains of this early 20th century refinery loom on a mountainside like a graffiti-covered fortress.

amandahnk

Added by amandahnk

Brigham City, Utah

Box Elder County Office Clocktower Clock

Designed in 1887, this clock from the county office clock tower has been restored and is on full display.

Cereal421

Added by Cereal421

Paper Airplane Trail

This massive metal sculpture in the shape of a folded paper airplane overlooks a Utah mountain.

Mama Shotts

Added by Mama Shotts

Spanish Fork, Utah

Dream Mine

An empty mine that some believe will suddenly be filled with fortune and treasures at the end of the world.

WhiskeyBristles

Added by WhiskeyBristles

Spanish Fork, Utah

Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

Added by Soozcat

Oakley Diner

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

lukefater

Added by lukefater

Potash Evaporation Ponds

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

Bedrock, Colorado

Horse Collar Arch

A unique arch graces the Dolores River Canyon near the Hanging Flume.

cyccommute

Added by cyccommute

Paradox, Colorado

Hanging Flume

The decaying ruins of a failed mining company’s water diversion project cling to the side of a desert canyon.

cyccommute

Added by cyccommute