Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a 70-foot-long chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

This maze-like, oceanfront gift shop—the nation’s largest— has been serving kitsch to the Myrtle Beach community for over 80 years.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

These former Cold War launch sites have been preserved for tourists to see where the button might have been pushed.

A different Edgar Allan Poe built this charming Victorian home.

These cabins mark the site where our 11th president was born (probably).

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

Apparently, the whole cosmos emanates from this plain concrete tower.

Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.