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Richfield, Utah

Pando, the Trembling Giant

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.
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Salina, Utah

CCC & POW Camp

Where a guard killed nine German prisoners during one of the worst 20th-century POW camp massacres in U.S. history.
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Hanksville, Utah

Carl's Critter Garden

This outsider art paradise is filled with dinosaur sculptures crafted from recycled machinery.
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Hanksville, Utah

Kathline Rock View Area

This roadside stop between Goblin Valley is the perfect location to view some of the region's natural wonders.
Added by zackofalltrades
Hanksville, Utah

Hollow Mountain

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

Church Rock

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.
Added by zackofalltrades
Monticello, Utah

Home of Truth

This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.
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Monticello, Utah

Newspaper Rock

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.
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Monticello, Utah

Hole n" the Rock

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.
Moab, Utah

Moab Rock Shop

This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.
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Green River, Utah

John Wesley Powell River History Museum

Contains a wealth of information about the first exploration and later use of the Green and Colorado Rivers.
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Green River, Utah

Elgin Cemetery Sentimental Statues

A cemetery full of touching tombstones from a community of railroad workers, uranium miners, and Cold War missile launchers.
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Price, Utah

Prehistoric Museum

The natural history of Utah is on full display inside this museum.
Added by rachelinpeoria
Green River, Wyoming

Greater Green River Intergalactic Spaceport

This UFO landing strip was created by a charitable Wyoming city that was worried about residents of Jupiter.
Josh Added by Josh
Buford, Wyoming

Tree in the Rock

Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.
Added by crackdogx
Potter, Nebraska

Sioux Army Depot

Storage units with a wartime past.
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Council Bluffs, Iowa

Golden Spike Monument

This massive railroad spike celebrates the 1939 premiere of the movie “Union Pacific.”
Added by Schweg
Omaha, Nebraska

Joslyn Castle

This once rural mansion now sits in the heart of the city.
Salt Lake City, Utah

Seagull Monument

Next to Salt Lake City's Assembly Hall stands a tribute to some unlikely heroes of early Mormon settlers.
Michelle Cassidy Added by Michelle Cassidy
Salt Lake City, Utah

'Out of the Blue'

This mural changes every few years.
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St. George, Utah

Snow Canyon State Park

Although it also features red, orange, and variegated cliffs of Navajo Sandstone, this state park is often overshadowed by its more famous neighbor.
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Salt Lake City, Utah

Site of the World's First KFC

In 1952, this restaurant began selling the Colonel's “secret” recipe.
Added by Jdavi
Salt Lake City, Utah

This Is The Place Monument

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Herriman, Utah

Kennecott Utah Copper-Bingham Canyon Mine

Largest man-made excavation on earth!
Added by morte