Elaborate drama imparts an appreciation for 19th century hardships.

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

More than 7,000 gallons of water pour over these cascading red quartzite waterfalls every second.

A town honors its legacy of traditional American Indian pipe carving with one gigantic pipe.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

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

Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

This vintage train once gave new meaning to “swimming upstream.”

Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.