True Secrets of Salt Lake City and The Great Salt Lake Revealed!

Salt Lake City is the home of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the beautiful Salt Lake Temple and is next to the second saltiest body of water in the world. But there is so much more to this amazing place.

Did you know that the Salt Lake Temple was once hidden from an invading army? Or where you can find the mysterious "Joseph Smith Sphinx", who built it and why? Did you know that there is a racetrack made of pure salt where most of the world's land speed records have been set? Or why there are massive granite vaults built outside Salt Lake City in Little Cottonwood Canyon?

These are just a few of the secrets carefully researched, photographed, indexed and revealed for your enjoyment.

Not your typical travel guide, "True Secrets of Salt Lake City and The Great Salt Lake Revealed!" give you the fascinating facts and stories behind the host city of the 2002 Winter Olympics.