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Salt Lake City Icons: Temple Square to the Foothills
22 placesSalt Lake City
See Salt Lake City’s essential landmarks, from the Temple Square district and state capitol to standout museums, gardens, and mountain-edge history. This route moves from downtown’s cultural core toward the University of Utah and Emigration Canyon.
- Pop culture
- Music
- Art
- Architecture
- Science & Tech
- Nature
- Folklore
- Local culture
- History
- Social Justice
- Food traditions
- Sports
- Religion
Places in this guide
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Clark PlanetariumWorld's first planetarium to sell its shows - 2
Discovery Gateway Children's MuseumHome to a world-class Utahraptor skeleton 🦖 - 3
Utah Museum of Contemporary ArtThe art barn that wasn't - 4
Salt Lake TempleBuried to hide from the U.S. Army 🛡️ - 5
Salt Lake TabernacleOnce America's largest assembly hall - 6
Tracy AviaryNation's largest and oldest free-standing aviary 🦜 - 7
Church History MuseumThe Smith brothers' final likenesses - 8
Conference CenterThe president's personal pulpit - 9
Beehive HouseTalking walls and a cat door 🐾 - 10
Utah State Capitol BuildingThe hill's explosive past 💥 - 11
Memory Grove Park🌳 A mother's living memorial - 12
Ensign Peak🔥 Crosses burned on the peak - 13
The Cathedral of the MadeleineAmerica's only cathedral devoted to St. Mary Magdalene - 14
Trolley Square🏈 Utah's first football field - 15
Gilgal Sculpture GardenUtah's only designated visionary art environment 🗿 - 16
Natural History Museum Of UtahThe world's largest Allosaurus collection 🦕 - 17
Red Butte Garden and ArboretumSeventeen state champion trees 🌳 - 18
This Is the Place Heritage ParkA sick leader's first view - 19
This is the Place MonumentA dark trail, a year apart ❄️ - 20
Hogle ZooOnce home to a Museum of Human Stupidity - 21
Great Salt LakeLargest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere 🌊 - 22
Big Cottonwood Canyon🌸 The Wasatch shooting star's only home
