Despite repeated attempts to make it work, this former mining town is now nothing but dust and memories.

A waterfall 600 ft. inside a mountain, once the bane of gold miners, is now a spectacle of nature.

A museum, walk-through diorama, and library nestled under one castle-like roof.

This sculpture gallery is home to magnificent beasts made of scrap metal and found objects.

This monument remembers one of the manliest men of the frontier who fought a grizzly before dragging himself 200 miles to safety.

South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.

One of the world's most definitive collections of musical instruments, spanning all cultures and historical periods.

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

An entire city block built completely out of petrified wood.

This Wild West attraction is alive with glitching automatons.

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

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

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.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

Home of mutant livestock.

The face of the famed flier in a hillside in her hometown.

A college in rural Kansas founded to prepare the country for an impending World War III.

This artsy public restroom is shaped like a giant john.

A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.