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Salt Lake City Icons: Temple Square to the Foothills
15 placesSalt Lake City
See Salt Lake City’s essential landmarks, from the Temple Square district and state capitol to historic locations, gardens, and mountain-edge history. This route moves from downtown’s cultural core toward the University of Utah and Emigration Canyon.
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- Nature
- Folklore
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- Social Justice
- Sports
- Religion
Places in this guide
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Clark PlanetariumWorld's first planetarium to sell its shows - 2
Salt Lake TempleBuried to hide from the U.S. Army 🛡️ - 3
Salt Lake TabernacleOnce America's largest assembly hall - 4
Conference CenterThe president's personal pulpit - 5
Beehive HouseTalking walls and a cat door 🐾 - 6
Utah State Capitol BuildingThe hill's explosive past 💥 - 7
Memory Grove Park🌳 A mother's living memorial - 8
The Cathedral of the MadeleineAmerica's only cathedral devoted to St. Mary Magdalene - 9
Trolley Square🏈 Utah's first football field - 10
Gilgal Sculpture GardenUtah's only designated visionary art environment 🗿 - 11
Red Butte Garden and ArboretumSeventeen state champion trees 🌳 - 12
This Is the Place Heritage ParkA sick leader's first view - 13
Hogle ZooOnce home to a Museum of Human Stupidity - 14
Great Salt LakeLargest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere 🌊 - 15
Big Cottonwood Canyon🌸 The Wasatch shooting star's only home
