One of the world's largest murals covers a large swath of homes in its hillside neighborhood.

This one-window stand has been home to a giant vat of slowly simmering meats and an array of unique tacos for almost 50 years.

A fabulously bizarre surrealist sculpture by the late artist Leonora Carrington.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

At the time of its completion, it was the tallest dam in the world.

An antique Beechcraft airplane serves as a giant windsock for people driving through the blustery open country of eastern Wyoming.

This shallow pit was once used to send over 20,000 buffalo plummeting to their death.

The crumbling structure is a rare surviving relic of the area's bygone mining industry.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

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

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

This geodesic gallery holds a collection of painted spheres that make traditional canvases look lazy by comparison.

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

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

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

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

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

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

The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.

Some charming, but sadly, unloved animal statues call this park home.

Dating back to the second century, vestiges of prehispanic mural paintings are found in this underground palace.