Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

An unprepossessing storage reservoir in southern Utah has a checkered past.

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.

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.

In 1847, Brigham Young climbed this hill to survey the Salt Lake Valley and saw a fine place to build a city.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

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

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

Incredible sculptures inspired by obscure passages from the Bible.

This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.

This mural changes every few years.

In 1952, this restaurant began selling the Colonel's “secret” recipe.

This large, castle-like structure is hidden amid the mountains on the grounds of the Utah State Hospital.

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

This set of three large, volcanic hot springs is a favorite haunt for intrepid divers.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.