The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.

This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.

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

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

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The first home of the doomed aviatrix Amelia Earhart.

Lone survivor from Custer's Last Stand forever preserved.

Topeka has its own great wall, and it's covered in colorful images from the city's history.

A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.

A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.