Annual convention held by the largest pyrotechnic community in the world.

The oldest still-existing mosque in the United States sits in a remote prairie in North Dakota.

Three legendary, living albino buffalo roaming their pastures for all to see.

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.

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

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

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

An entire city block built completely out of petrified wood.

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

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

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

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

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

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.

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

The oldest purpose-built cinema still in operation also houses a museum of movie memorabilia.

A local shop filled with handcrafted art and funky home furnishings, vintage, and antiques.

This historic early-20th-century building still boasts some of its original features.

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

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.

This Italianate Villa-style castle is pretty to look at, just keep off the private property.

A house turned museum is the real-life "home" of the fictional main character of The Wizard of Oz.