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The International Peace Gardens contain individual areas with contributions (e.g., sculptures) from different nations of the world, usually representing some aspect of their home culture or geography. There are approximately 15 individual national gardens contained within.
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Home to the popular Downtown Salt Lake City Farmer's Market on Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings from June to October. The park is safe during the daytime, but is best avoided after dark due to the large homeless population and reputation for late-night drug transactions.
Has plenty of free exhibits, and paid admission to laser shows and IMAX movies.
Seat of the city government since the 1890s, and in times past was also the seat of county government and even the state capitol building for 20 years. The halls are lined with onyx on each of four lavishly decorated floors. A clock tower rises 256 feet (78 m) above ground level in the middle of the building and is topped by a statue of Columbia. Portraits of former mayors line the third floor corridor between the mayor's office in the south wing and the city council chamber in the north wing. On the fourth floor is an exhibit dedicated to the 2002 Winter Olympics.
One of Salt Lake City's most unique pieces of architecture, the library makes use of natural light and features a rooftop garden. The Rooftop Terrace is closed for renovations as of December 2024.