Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

This roadside sculpture garden in New Mexico venerates Mother Earth and outsider art.

This replica of the Indian spiritual master Meher Baba's tomb stands unfinished in the New Mexico desert.

A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

Stay in a luxury cabin or refurbished Airstream in this former mining camp-turned-retreat.

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

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

This abandoned motel doesn't welcome guests anymore, but decay and a creepy atmosphere still call it home.

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

Along the Outback Scenic Byway, adjacent to hot springs, this human-made geothermal feature takes unexplained breaks.

Humboldt's human-powered sculptures race across land and sea for days on end in a wacky quest for dominance.

Folk art crafted from discarded vegetable crates.

Experience the "opulence, grace, and grandeur of Eureka's most famous Victorian Inn."

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

A river runs through this remote valley in a very unexpected way.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

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

Each winter this underground cave forms a dazzling ice palace.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

This former wildlife sanctuary is being transformed into an art park.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.