A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.

A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.

A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.

The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.

16,500-acre ranch filled with American heritage, geological wonders, and a giant pile of tires is the crown jewel of an intriguing tug-of-war.

This mining town boomed in the Atomic Age when uranium was gold, only to be abandoned when the industry collapsed.

What do a giraffe, an elephant, and reasonably priced steaks have in common? This roadside restaurant filled with exotic taxidermy.

Mennes invented the tags we all place annually upon our license plates, and his story is told frankly and in full upon his headstone.

A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.

Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.

This Nebraska museum was once the smallest courthouse in America.

The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.

A small town built on an abandoned airfield has former runways as streets and a bar and grill in an old airplane hangar.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.

This simple badlands butte is the highest point in North Dakota and may be the only high point to charge admission.

This beautiful ancient site is dotted with perforated sandstone pillars considered sacred by some Native American groups.

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

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.