When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

A short but powerful waterfall resides amid Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes.

The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.

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

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

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.

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

The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.

There are eight natural springs around town, each with a slightly different taste.

A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.

One of the oldest active carousels in the country—but it might be missed by all but the keenest-eyed boardwalk strollers.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

A local prank turned town icon.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

Over 100 concrete munitions bunkers are all that remain of a Pennsylvanian village seized by the US government.