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BrandyBacon

Traveler, adventure-seeker, adrenaline junkie, I do it all, I love it all, I want to see it all. Sometimes the most extra-ordinary experience is in the most ordinary of places.

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Mexican Hat, Utah

Mexican Hat

This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.

Dark Nebula Deluxe

Added by Dark Nebula Deluxe

Terrace Cemetery

Almost all that remains of a town dedicated to supporting the First Transcontinental Railroad.

Added by Anynamewilldo

Cedar City, Utah

Nellie Pucell Unthank Memorial

A monument to a survivor of harsh pioneer life, frostbite, and primitive surgery.

Added by hcshannonart

Orderville, Utah

Belly of the Dragon

Nature has shaped this drainage tunnel into the digestive tract of a mighty beast.

mikewalker

Added by mikewalker

West Mercur, Utah

Mercur Cemetery

This creepy, abandoned cemetery is all that remains of a once booming mining town.

Added by antoniodudleyofficial

Castle Valley, Utah

Fisher Towers

These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.

slgwv

Silver City Cemetery

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

SarBow23

Added by SarBow23

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

Tusher Tunnel

A crack flared at the base provides a pathway completely through a sandstone ridge near Moab.

slgwv

Sinclair Gas Station

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

stumpa

Added by stumpa

'Kay's Fudge' Gravestone

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

lukefater

Added by lukefater

Mountain Meadows Massacre Memorial

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

Added by kitan25

Thompson Springs, Utah

Sego Canyon Rock Art

Thousands of years ago, Indigenous people painted images onto these canyon walls that are still on display today, provocative, mysterious, and enduring reminders of the people who lived here long ago.

David Hammond

Added by David Hammond

Hanksville, Utah

Hollow Mountain

At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.

raquelmellifera

Added by raquelmellifera

Duck Creek Village, Utah

Cascade Falls

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

slgwv

Park City, Utah

I-80 Wildlife Overpass

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

Added by Rachel Gould

Forrest Gump Point

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

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

Metaphor: The Tree of Utah

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

Added by emallen

Salt Lake City, Utah

Anderson Tower Monument

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

Divamanda23

Added by Divamanda23

Home of the Brave

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

Evan Nicole Brown

Added by Evan Nicole Brown

Duchesne County, Utah

Kings Peak

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

thomasharper

Added by thomasharper

Kennecott Utah Copper-Bingham Canyon Mine

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

Brian Head, Utah

Cedar Breaks National Monument

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

Dr Alan P Newman

Added by Dr Alan P Newman

Panguitch, Utah

Butch Cassidy's Childhood Home

The notorious Wild West outlaw was raised in this unassuming abode.

WhiskeyBristles

Added by WhiskeyBristles