Utah’s small-but-mighty Greek community started with the western mining boom that drew immigrants to Utah in the late 1800s. A Greektown village was established near the Rio Grande Depot neighborhood in downtown Salt Lake City. The Greek Orthodox Church on 300 West hosts a lively Greek Festival annually in early September. The festival celebrates early residents and the leaders who continue to carry the torch. That includes various popular restaurants started by and owned by Greek Utahns, the places that introduced Uthans to the well-loved pastrami burger.

For more than 70 years, Midway’s Swiss Days has celebrated the Swiss pioneers who came to the Heber Valley and were happily surprised to see views that reminded them of their Alps homeland. Labor Day weekend celebrations honor the town’s history through food, culture, and art, attracting tens of thousands of visitors each year.