Editing Salt Lake City (section)

==Main sights==
{{Main|Buildings and sites of Salt Lake City}}
[[File:Temple Square October 05 (8) c.JPG|thumb|[[Salt Lake Temple]]]]
As the headquarters of the LDS Church, the city has many LDS-related sites open to visitors. The most popular is [[Temple Square]], which includes the [[Salt Lake Temple]] (not open to the general public) and visitor centers open to the public. Temple Square includes the historic [[Salt Lake Tabernacle]], home of the [[Mormon Tabernacle Choir]], now called The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square. The [[LDS Conference Center]] is north of Temple Square. The [[Family History Library]], the world's largest genealogical library, is west of Temple Square. It is run by the LDS Church and is open to the public. The [[Eagle Gate]] Monument is east of Temple Square.

In 2004, the Salt Lake City main library received an Institute Honor Award for Architecture by the [[American Institute of Architects]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aia.org/gallery_template.cfm?pagename=art%5Fsaltlakecitypubliclibrary|title=American Institute of Architects Institute Honor Award|publisher=AIA|access-date=December 10, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090104065523/http://www.aia.org/gallery_template.cfm?pagename=art_saltlakecitypubliclibrary|archive-date=January 4, 2009}}</ref> and features a distinctive architectural style. The building's roof serves as a viewpoint for the Salt Lake Valley. The Utah State Capitol Building offers marble floors and a dome similar to the building that houses the US Congress. Other notable historical buildings include the [[Thomas Kearns]] Mansion (now the [[Utah Governor's Mansion|Governor's Mansion]]), [[Salt Lake City and County Building|City and County Building]] (built 1894), the Kearns Building on Main Street, St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral (built 1874), and the Roman Catholic [[Cathedral of the Madeleine]] (built 1909).

[[File:Utah State Capitol Building.JPG|thumb|[[Utah State Capitol]]]]

The [[Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Cauldron Park|Olympic Cauldron Park]] at Rice-Eccles Stadium features the [[Olympic Flame|Olympic Cauldron]] from the games, a visitor center, and the [[Hoberman Arch]]. The Olympic Legacy Plaza, at The Gateway, features a dancing fountain set to music and the names of 30,000 Olympic volunteers carved in stone. The [[Utah Olympic Park]], near Park City, features the Olympic [[ski jump]]s, as well as [[bobsleigh]], [[luge]], and [[skeleton (sport)|skeleton]] runs. Today, the Olympic Park is used for year-round training and competitions. Visitors can watch the various events and even ride a bobsled. The [[Utah Olympic Oval]], in nearby [[Kearns, Utah|Kearns]], was home to the [[speed skating]] events and is now open to the public. Other popular Olympic venues include [[Soldier Hollow]], the site of cross-country skiing events, southeast of Salt Lake near [[Heber City, Utah|Heber City]].

[[Trolley Square]] is an indoor and outdoor mall with independent art boutiques, restaurants, and national retailers. The buildings housing the shops are renovated [[tram|trolley]] barns with cobblestone streets. The Gateway, an outdoor shopping mall, has many national restaurants, clothing retailers, a movie theater, the [[Clark Planetarium]], the Discovery Gateway, a music venue called [[Salt Lake City Union Pacific Depot|The Depot]], and the [[Olympic Legacy Plaza]].

[[File:Salt Lake City 4892084585.jpg|alt=|thumb|[[The Gateway (Salt Lake City)|The Gateway]], where the Clark Planetarium is located.]]

On October 3, 2006, the LDS Church, which owned the [[ZCMI Center Mall]] and [[Crossroads Plaza (Salt Lake City)|Crossroads Plaza Mall]], both on Main Street, announced plans to demolish the malls, a skyscraper, and several other buildings to make way for the $1.5&nbsp;billion City Creek Center redevelopment. It combined new office and residential buildings (one of which is the city's third-tallest building) around an outdoor shopping center featuring a stream, fountain, and other outdoor amenities;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.deseret.com/2006/10/4/19977589/downtown-rebound-lds-church-unveils-plans-for-20-acre-development|title=Downtown rebound: LDS Church unveils plans for 20-acre development|last=Smeath|first=Doug|newspaper=Deseret News|date=October 4, 2006|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117101823/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/650196045/Downtown-rebound-LDS-Church-unveils-plans-for-20-acre-development.html|archive-date=January 17, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> it opened on March 22, 2012. [[Sugar House, Salt Lake City|Sugar House]] is a neighborhood with a small town main street shopping area and numerous old parks, which is served by the S Line (formerly known as Sugar House Streetcar).

Other attractions near Salt Lake City include [[Hogle Zoo]], [[Timpanogos Cave National Monument]], [[Golden Spike National Historic Site]] (where the world's first [[transcontinental railroad]] was joined), [[Lagoon Amusement Park]], the [[Great Salt Lake]], the [[Bonneville Salt Flats]], [[Gardner Historic Village]], one of the nation's largest dinosaur museums at [[Thanksgiving Point]] in [[Lehi, Utah|Lehi]], the sculpture [[Out of the Blue (sculpture)|''Out of the Blue'']], commonly referred to as "The Whale" by locals, and the world's largest human-made excavation at [[Bingham Canyon Mine]].