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

A roadside attraction filled with an astounding array of gloriously wacky vehicles.

This sidewalk tribute honors Colorado's great culinary creation.

Swim or sail to this pie-slinging boat off the coast of St. Thomas.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.

The grand marble structure next to the White House is Andrew Carnegie's temple to Pan-American diplomacy.

This stone marker honors the man who released Canada goose goslings in Fort Collins, Colorado.

This three-mile concrete levee in Pueblo, Colorado was transformed into the world’s longest painting.

Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.

This small piece of railroad history sits behind the parking lot of a chain grocery store.

Paleoamericans built these ancient walls high in the Colorado Rockies as part of an extensive hunting system.

This statue of an obscure comic strip hero stands as a tribute to patriotic service and a cautionary tale about embracing fads.

This 19th-century ranch is being transformed into a residential library with thousands of books about the natural world.

A mental health hospital dating back more than 139 years, now features a museum.

This underfoot portrait is the work of a disgruntled painter inspired by a tragic poem.

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.

Final resting place of a 19th century gold prospector and convicted cannibal.

An eclectic collection of artifacts from the Wild West is preserved in a remote fictional pioneer town.

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

An impressive collection of over 50,000 minerals including moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission.

The remains of the dam that unleashed a 15-foot wall of water on Denver.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.