Utah: Explore the otherworldly wonders of the Great Salt Lake near Salt Lake City.
The Dia Art Foundation is now in charge of caring for sculptor Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty earthwork, pictured, made of six thousand tons of black basalt rock (c. 1970) on the northeastern shores of the Great Salt Lake. Meanwhile, rock concerts are the highlight of the 2,000-pylon-supported Victorian-era Saltair (built in 1893 and known as the Coney Island of the West). Although damaged by fire multiple times, it remains a mirage in the middle of the desert