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

An entire city block built completely out of petrified wood.

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

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

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

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

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

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

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

This Nebraska town wants to double its population with plywood cut-outs of townsfolk.

Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.

America's smallest town is run by its single citizen/mayor/librarian/bartender.

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

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

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

This statue is an ode to an iconic roadside advertisement popularized during the 1970s.

A 20-foot-tall egg painted in a traditional Czech patterns by the Czech community in Wilson, Kansas.

A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.

Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.

Self-built house and sculpture park where the creator can still be seen in a glass coffin.

Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

These elevated trucks were put in place as a middle finger to The Man, but are now considered folk art.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.