A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

The best place to send your postcards home from Antarctica.

An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

The world's tallest turtle riding the world's largest snowmobile.

A rim-made reptile in North Dakota.

On the windswept Dakota plains there is a memorial to circus workers who were struck down by lightning.

This museum is a full-size replica of an original church constructed during the 13th-century.

A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.

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

The humble beginnings of the man known for his lavish "champagne" music.

Part of a secret 1970s nuclear defense program is now open to the public.

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.