Antelope Island
The home on the range where the buffalo roam and the deer and antelope play is only an hour's drive from downtown Salt Lake City. 

Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry
The Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry, located in eastern Utah about 30 miles south of Price, is one of the world's most significant dinosaur discoveries. Over 17,000 bones and 70 individual animals have been recovered. 

Shopping in Utah
According to travel experts, shopping is the most popular activity of vacationers. It is also a pretty common pasttime of locals. 

The North American Museum of Ancient Life at Thanksgiving Point
The North American Museum of Ancient Life at Thanksgiving Point has 122,000 square feet of exhibit space that takes visitors back to the time when dinosaurs roamed the planet. 

Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum
Since its founding in 1978, the Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum has become a regional center for those across the country who study wildlife, both animals and plants. 

Utah Museum of Fine Arts
In the summer of 2001, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts moved into a new home, the 74,000-square-foot Marcia and John Price Museum Building on the campus of the University of Utah. 

Utah Museum of Natural History
More than four decades ago the presidency of the University of Utah organized a committee directed to draft a plan to preserve the state's natural history. 

McCurdy Historical Doll Museum
On display in a restored historic house in central Provo is a collection of more than 4,000 dolls of Laura McCurdy Clark. 

Children's Museum of Utah
At first the Children's Museum of Utah was just a newsletter and a post office box — and a community dream. In 1979 there were 40 children's museums throughout the country, but nowhere in Utah for children to play with water wheels, computers and levers. 

Springville Museum of Art
Completed in 1936, the Springville Museum of Art was the first art museum in Utah. 

College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum
A Pre-Columbian mammoth is the central attraction at the College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum. 

The LDS Museum of Church History and Art
Located west of Temple Square is a museum that uses displays, art and artifacts to document the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 

LDS Family History Research Centers
Thousands of people travel to downtown Salt Lake City every month to research their family history. 

Pioneer Memorial Museum
Visitors to Pioneer Memorial Museum often leave feeling they've made a discovery of sorts. 

Temple Square
Perhaps no place in Utah's capital city is as intriguing to visitors than Temple Square, the best known landmark of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 

Utah Governor's Mansion
Anyone searching for a dream home, elegant interior-decorating ideas or greater appreciation for history and fine architecture should stroll through the renovated Utah Governor's Mansion. 

Golden Spike National Historic Site
Westerners tend to forget that most of the conveniences enjoyed by modern civilization would be impossible without a transcontinental railroad. They also tend to forget about the sweat, grit and meager hand tools used to build the $165 million line. 

Utah State Capitol
The huge granite building with a copper dome on the foothills in north Salt Lake City represents Utah to visitors and represents state government to the citizens of Utah. 

This is the Place Heritage State Park
After a 1,300-mile trek across the rugged plains in 1847, the Mormon Pioneers entered the Salt Lake Valley near the mouth of a canyon now called Emigration Canyon. 

Hansen Planetarium
In 1965, Beatrice M. Hansen founded Salt Lake City's first planetarium using $400,000 from the estate of her deceased husband, George T. Hansen. Since then, the Hansen Planetarium has become internationally renowned for its star shows and astronomy-related publications. 

Heber Valley Railroad
For a touch of the Old West, a trip down Provo Canyon on a vintage train pulled by a 1907 steam engine just might do the trick. 

Hardware Ranch
By the first of February, the elk are in, the sleighs are running and the viewing is good. If there is a right time to visit Hardware Ranch, wildlife managers say February is it. 

Kencraft: The Peppermint Place candy factory
During Christmas season at Kencraft, more than 5 million candy canes and thousands of other boxes of candy confections are made and shipped. 

Utah hot springs: Crystal Hot Springs and Belmont Hot Springs
Utah has many natural hot springs, mostly in northern Utah, and most have at one time been turned into a resort. Today, however, there are only two springs operating commercially. 

Tracy Aviary
In the late 1930s, Salt Lake banker Russell Lord Tracy donated his extensive bird collection to the city. 

Wheeler Historic Farm
For a step back in history, right smack dab in the middle of a big city, spend a day at Wheeler Historic Farm in southeast Salt Lake City. 

Cove Fort
Built almost a century and a half ago as a way station for weary wagon and horseback travelers, Cove Fort continues to welcome interstate travelers today and is a popular tourist stop in south-central Utah. 

Bear Lake
Nestled high in the Rocky Mountains along the Utah-Idaho border, Bear Lake seems as pristine and blue as it must have been at the start of this millennium. Today, people still marvel at its turquoise color. 

Great Salt Lake State Park
Even though most Utahns take the Great Salt Lake for granted, next to red-rock country, it's probably the state's most recognized landmark. 

Hill Aerospace Museum
The aircraft collection at the Hill Aerospace Museum, just off I-15 in Roy, would make a motley air force of its own. 

Hogle Zoo
For more than 70 years, Hogle Zoo has been one of Utah's top recreational and educational resources. Hundreds of animals, reptiles and birds from around the world, many rare and on endangered species lists, make the zoo their home and are on display for the public to see.