| From Arizona, we cross the state border into Utah in | | | | 3. Landlocked Lighthouse: Cedar City, Utah |
| search of more of America's weird and wonderful | | | | No sailor has ever been guided, nor any sea disaster |
| attractions. | | | | averted by the aid of this Cedar City lighthouse. |
| As always America, your penchant for the strange, | | | | Ironically this landlocked lighthouse was built in |
| failed to let us down. | | | | celebration of Utah's non existent maritime location. |
| 1. World's Largest Watermelon: Green River, Utah | | | | Sure you may not be able to see its light beaming |
| For years, several U.S towns and cities have battled | | | | from the mighty Pacific or the powerful Atlantic, but |
| for the honour of being named "America's | | | | you can see it free and clear from Interstate 15. |
| Watermelon Capital (Green River, Utah being amongst | | | | 4. Hildale, Utah |
| the foremost contenders). While this prestigious title is | | | | Not so much an attraction as it is a strange |
| in constant dispute, there's no disputing that Green | | | | experience, a drive through Hildale Utah will take you |
| River is home to the World's Largest Watermelon | | | | back to a different era. |
| (eatable or otherwise). | | | | As the headquarters of the Fundamentalist Church of |
| This massive fruit on wheels, originally built in | | | | Latter Day Saints, Hildale is home to one of America's |
| celebration of Green River's "Watermelon Days | | | | best known polygamous communities. In fact, some of |
| Festival" spans a full 25 feet from end to end. Once a | | | | the town's prominent church members may have up |
| fully motorized vehicle, 50 years on the road have left | | | | to 12 wives or more. Impressive, given the fact that |
| it over ripe and unable to start. | | | | most of us can't even handle one. |
| That said, it remains an important town attraction, and | | | | While exploring the town may be a fascinating |
| as you'll discover, it's nothing to spit (seeds) at. | | | | anthropological experience, outsiders are not always |
| 2. The Bingham Canyon Mine: Copperton, Utah | | | | welcome. For that reason, we recommend you don't |
| Forget the Grand Canyon; this is truly America's best | | | | bring your wives (err...wife) and kids along. |
| great open space. | | | | 5. Undisputed World's Largest Fishing Fly: Logan, Utah |
| Once a sizeable mountain, copper mining has | | | | Weighing 3 tons, and measuring 32 feet long, Logan's |
| transformed the landscape into an epically large trench, | | | | behemoth fishing fly on steroids is definitely not |
| half a mile deep and 2.5 miles wide. And with 250,000 | | | | something you'd want buzzing over you at night. |
| tons of rock being unearthed daily, it's only getting | | | | Erected in celebration of the town's fly fishing heritage, |
| bigger. | | | | we somehow hoped that we could use the giant fly, to |
| The Bingham crater is so massive in fact that a | | | | catch some supersized fish. Alas, we were |
| stadium of its size could hold a staggering, 9 million | | | | disappointed, coming back to shore with only with a |
| people. That's three times the population of Utah! | | | | pair of two-pounders. |