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

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

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

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

"May the force be with you always."

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

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

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

Eat burgers beneath gargantuan taxidermy and thousands of dollar bills in Utah's oldest continuously-operating bar.

This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

A desert settlement founded and later abandoned by Hawaiian members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah's Skull Valley.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.

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

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

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

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

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.