The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

The crumbling structure is a rare surviving relic of the area's bygone mining industry.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A museum, walk-through diorama, and library nestled under one castle-like roof.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

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

The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.

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

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

This Wild West attraction is alive with glitching automatons.

Elaborate drama imparts an appreciation for 19th century hardships.

The remains of a bustling turn-of-the-century park built to showcase the wonders of electricity.

A memorial to a larger-than-life legend, inside a county that also holds Bunyan's death certificate.

A comedy troupe's collection of bizarre humor.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.