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Bronze statue of mother and dancing children in front of the Salt Lake Temple on Temple Square.

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View of the Salt Lake Valley with downtown Salt Lake City (Utah State Capitol is bottom left) from the overlook on Ensign Peak.

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A re-creation of City Creek flowed through the newly opened City Creek Center, a retail and office complex in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Customers hung out on the patio at Nobrow Coffee & Tea Co. on a sunny spring day.

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The Salt Lake Temple and Reflecting Pool on Temple Square.

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Sculptures in the Gilgal Sculpture Garden in Salt Lake City were all created by sculptor and Mormon leader Thomas Child.

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Customers lined up outside the popular Red Iguana Mexican restaurant on West North Temple.

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Visitors in the main hall of the Natural History Museum of Utah known as "the Canyon," a wide-open, tall-ceilinged signature architectural space. The museum opened in November 2011.

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A shrine with a statue of sculptor and Mormon leader Thomas Child can be found in the Gilgal Sculpture Garden.

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Bridger Bay with campground and the Great Salt Lake as seen from a viewpoint on Buffalo Point Trail in Antelope Island State Park, Utah.

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Antelope Island State Park is situated in the Great Salt Lake. The island can be reached via a 7-mile causeway from the mainland.

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Indie shop Retro Rose has collections of 1950s, '€˜60s, and '€˜70s glassware, lamps, furniture, kitchen accessories and arranged by color.

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The lit up Salt Lake Temple as seen from the Inn on the Hill in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Mormon Temple is the centerpiece of Temple Square.