When an ancient supervolcano erupted, some of Nebraska's prehistoric animals were forever preserved in ash.

A fascinating collection of art made from petrified wood and fossils by two octogenarian twin brothers.

The home for all things Kool-Aid offers everything except a chance to actually enjoy the drink.

This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.

The two-cell building in Nebraska was briefly owned by a teenage boy and then a Hollywood dummy.

The abandoned remnants of a little sanctuary for world peace that fell into disrepair.

A brick-paved former section of the historic coast-to-coast highway.

An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.

Other-worldly rock formations and ancient fossils abound in this unique stretch of Nebraska badlands.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

A popular rock that acted as a waymarker for American pioneers.

Touch an actual dinosaur bone at this eclectic trove of Rocky Mountain treasures.

A collection of huge, site-specific sculptures sitting in the Montana woods.

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

See the computer’s history revealed over the course of 20,000 years.

The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."

"Polynesia on the Plains."

With over 340,000 artifacts and counting, there is something for everyone, often called the "Smithsonian of the West."

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.

The rocks of a certain area of Butte, Montana give off a musical ring when hit.

Dance on a hand-hewn log floor padded with bouncy boxcar springs at a saloon built in 1883.

The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.

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