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Hole N" The Rock
Moab, Utah
Albert and Gladys Christensen spent 12 years creating one by blasting into a sandstone cliff face. 14 rooms, 5,000 square feet, a classic Utah tourist attraction.
Dinosaur Museum: Art and Feathers
Blanding, Utah
Unique museum founded by two paleo-artists features feathered dinosaurs and an extensive collection of dino-movie and pop culture art.
Biggest Pit in the World
Herriman, Utah
If the open-pit Bingham Canyon Mine were a stadium, it could seat nine million people.
Transcontinental Railroad: The Golden Spike
Promontory Summit, Utah
The spot where the Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869 with a golden spike -- or is it?
Gilgal Garden
Salt Lake City, Utah
Strange folk art park features a stone sphinx resembling Mormon Joseph Smith.
Dine-A-Ville Pink Dinosaur
Vernal, Utah
Adorable pink cartoon dino named "Dinah" built in 1958 to advertise a motel. In 1999 she began a second career as a welcome sign for the town of Vernal.
Mounted Head of The Dog
Huntsville, Utah
At one time the world's largest St. Bernard, its owner loved it so much that its head was mounted in the local saloon.
Pyramid of Modern Mummification
Salt Lake City, Utah
40 feet square at the base, 26 feet tall. The headquarters of Summum, a religion that believes in modern mummification.
Statue of Philo Farnsworth, Father of TV
Salt Lake City, Utah
The pioneer inventor was born near Beaver, and is honored in the State Capitol.
33-Foot-Long Iguana
Salt Lake City, Utah
It took artist Stephen Kelser two years to build the lizard, with over 120,000 hand-sculpted scales.
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- American Fork: Nursing Home Stonehenge [tips]
- Blanding: Dinosaur Museum: Art and Feathers
- Bloomington: Petroglyph Park [tips]
- Cedar City: The Centurium: Bronzes of History's Worthy [tips]
- Central: Mountain Meadows Massacre Mass Grave [tips]
- Clawson: Museum of Creativity: Flying Saucer Folk Art [tips]
- Corinne: Rocket Garden: Space Shuttle Booster
- Green River: World's Largest Watermelon Slice
- Hanksville: Hollow Mountain Gas Station [tips]
- Hanksville: Scrap Metal Fossils [tips]
- Helper: Big John: Coal Black Muffler Man [tips]
- Herriman: Biggest Pit in the World
- Hill AFB: Hill Aerospace Museum [tips]
- Huntsville: Mounted Head of The Dog
- Hurricane: 100+ year-old Fruitcake and Bacon [tips]
- Jensen: Formerly Rideable Dinosaur [tips]
- Jensen: Cliff of Dino Bones Inside a Building [tips]
- La Sal Junction: Families in Cave Dwellings [tips]
- Lehi: World's Largest Display of Dino Skeletons [tips]
- Lehi: Human Skin of The Candy Man
- Midway: The Homestead Crater [tips]
- Moab: Hole N" The Rock
- Moab: Arches National Park [tips]
- Moab: Dinosaurs at Moab Giants
- Monticello: Newspaper Rock [tips]
- Monticello: RV Park's Sharp-Shooting Owner [tips]
- Mount Carmel: Belly of the Dragon [tips]
- Murray: Col. Sanders Statue - 1st Kentucky Fried Chicken Franchise [tips]
- Ogden: George S. Eccles Dinosaur Park [tips]
- Ogden: Lumberjack Teen Burger [tips]
- Ouray: Fantasy Canyon [tips]
- Promontory: Spiral Jetty [tips]
- Promontory Summit: Transcontinental Railroad: The Golden Spike
- Provo: Climb to the Giant Letter Y [tips]
- Provo: Petroliana Collection and Airplanes [tips]
- Rockville: Grafton Ghost Town [tips]
- Salina: German POW Massacre [tips]
- Salt Lake City: Gilgal Garden
- Salt Lake City: Pyramid of Modern Mummification
- Salt Lake City: Statue of Philo Farnsworth, Father of TV
- Salt Lake City: Mormon Church History Museum [tips]
- Salt Lake City: 33-Foot-Long Iguana
- Spanish Fork: Krishna's Lotus Temple [tips]
- St. George: Dinosaur Discovery: Unearthed Tracks [tips]
- Vernal: Dine-A-Ville Pink Dinosaur
- Vernal: Seasonally Decorated Dinosaur [tips]
- Wendover: Metaphor, the Tree of Utah
