Utah Untamed

Hidden Gems

Roadside oddities, ghost towns, and only-in-Utah spots.

The Great Hunt Panel in Nine Mile Canyon — dozens of bighorn sheep and human figures pecked into desert-varnished sandstone.
Hidden Gems

Nine Mile Canyon Is the World's Longest Art Gallery — and It's Hiding in Eastern Utah

An estimated 1,000 rock art sites and more than 10,000 images line a remote 40-mile canyon in eastern Utah. Here's what's on the walls, who made them, and how to see it.
A spiral of dark rock curling into the pink-tinged shallows of the Great Salt Lake.
Hidden Gems

Spiral Jetty, Where Land Art Meets the Great Salt Lake

A 1,500-foot coil of basalt and salt crystal on a remote north shore — one of the most famous artworks almost nobody visits.
A solitary hiker on a sandstone ridge overlooking a vast canyon network in Southern Utah at golden hour.
Hidden Gems

The Secret Slot Canyons of Escalante

Escape the crowds and navigate the narrow, sculpted walls of these lesser-known geological wonders.