Maren Solis

Over 100 hands-on creative classes are packed into one weekend, with hundreds of small businesses selling goods just…

By Maren Solis · Nov 4

Up to 1,600 rescued animals call one red rock canyon home on any given day. Dogs, cats, pigs,…

By Maren Solis · Nov 4

A tea latte named after the Goblet of Fire sits on the menu, and it’s spiced with cinnamon.…

By Maren Solis · Nov 3

The cashier who rings up your vintage dresser at this thrift store may be learning how to rebuild…

By Maren Solis · Nov 3

Over 100,000 trees grow in the fields of one family nursery, and it all started in a tiny…

By Maren Solis · Nov 2

Some of the murals on this street are painted over on purpose every year. New artists show up,…

By Maren Solis · Nov 2

One Utah taffy maker whips egg whites into its candy. That trick gives the chews a soft, nougat-style…

By Maren Solis · Nov 1

A brick linked to the ancient walls of Jericho sits inside a cozy coffee shop in central Utah.…

By Maren Solis · Nov 1

A rock wall rises over the water here, and the whole point is to climb it and let…

By Maren Solis · Oct 31

A 10-year-old girl started this farm, and she launched her first CSA at just 14. Today it feeds…

By Maren Solis · Oct 31

One of the best pizza ovens on this list is attached to a truck. It turns out hand-tossed…

By Maren Solis · Oct 30

A coach finds out a new player joined the roster, and the game is tomorrow. One small print…

By Maren Solis · Oct 30

The toppings go under the cheese here. A grandfather brought that Chicago habit to Northern Utah pizza in…

By Maren Solis · Oct 29

A flour tortilla stuffed with kielbasa, white beans, bacon, cabbage, and cheese, served with potato pancakes on the…

By Maren Solis · Oct 29

A brick oven shaped like a giant beehive sits in the hills, and you can walk right inside…

By Maren Solis · Oct 28

An SR-71 Blackbird sits parked indoors, and you can walk right up to it without paying a cent.…

By Maren Solis · Oct 28

High school kids here have a strange tradition. They dare each other to race a ghost to a…

By Maren Solis · Oct 27

A stone sphinx sits in a quiet city backyard, and its face belongs to Joseph Smith. That one…

By Maren Solis · Oct 27

A capybara named Betty has her own swimming area on a working farm in Utah. That’s the world’s…

By Maren Solis · Oct 26

Each guest at one stingray feeding gets about four chances to offer a snack to a flat, gliding…

By Maren Solis · Oct 26

A peach milkshake made with peaches from the farm itself. That one detail grabbed my attention before anything…

By Maren Solis · Oct 25

One thrift outlet on this list sells secondhand goods by the pound, the same way a grocery store…

By Maren Solis · Oct 25

A family farm founded by Swiss immigrants in 1892 now hides one of the scariest nights in Utah.…

By Maren Solis · Oct 24

A 23-inch pizza built to feed 10 to 12 people waits at the bottom of a staircase, under…

By Maren Solis · Oct 24

Live lobsters and stone crabs fly in from Canada three times a week for one all-you-can-eat buffet in…

By Maren Solis · Oct 23

A single mountain road in Utah climbs past 9,000 feet and puts you face to face with the…

By Maren Solis · Oct 23

A county seat with only a few hundred residents sits minutes from a reservoir that stretches about 91…

By Maren Solis · Oct 22

One town on this list got its name from the extra engines that shoved heavy trains up a…

By Maren Solis · Oct 22

Apple crisp is waiting for you at an RV park, and nobody is standing behind a register. You…

By Maren Solis · Oct 21

A pizza bender sounds like a wrestling move, but at this neighborhood spot it’s dinner. Folded, stuffed, and…

By Maren Solis · Oct 21

Coleslaw with candied walnuts and fresh pineapple sounds like a dare. At this seafood spot, it’s simply the…

By Maren Solis · Oct 20

A train once nicknamed the Creeper earned that name honestly, by rolling slowly on purpose. I love that…

By Maren Solis · Oct 20

One small-town cafe in Utah serves pancakes with a hole in the middle, and that hole gets filled…

By Maren Solis · Oct 19

Up to 1,600 rescued animals can live on one sprawling stretch of red rock canyon at the same…

By Maren Solis · Oct 19

Imagine finding pieces of volcanic history scattered across the desert, glinting like shattered black mirrors beneath the sun.…

By Maren Solis · Oct 18

Italian food has an unfair advantage: even reading the menu can make you hungry. One glance at pasta,…

By Maren Solis · Oct 18

Fireworks light up the sky every open night at this fall park, and visitors have even raved about…

By Maren Solis · Oct 17

A dance floor that bounces on hidden springs still hosts dances in one small Utah town. It’s believed…

By Maren Solis · Oct 17

One craft shop in Utah keeps a free community art closet, plus a little trinket box outside for…

By Maren Solis · Oct 16