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

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

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

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

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

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

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

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

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

This shallow pit was once used to send over 20,000 buffalo plummeting to their death.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

An antique Beechcraft airplane serves as a giant windsock for people driving through the blustery open country of eastern Wyoming.

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

A classic carnival ride that was carved to be untouchable.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

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

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

The shortest river in America flows for just 201 feet.

A classic mystery spot complete with spots that are said to make you shrink or grow when you stand on them.

"Polynesia on the Plains."

This angular Dwarven tunnel cuts through a mountainside in Glacier National Park.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.