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

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

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

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

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

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

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

One devoted couple has donated multiple recreations of Michelangelo's sculptures to this South Dakota town.

This geodesic gallery holds a collection of painted spheres that make traditional canvases look lazy by comparison.

A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

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

The hide of Stonewall Jackson's equine sidekick is on display not far from where the ashes of his bones are buried.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

An exotic reptile facility showcasing some of the rarest, most venomous snakes in the world.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

An enormous image of Utah's salt flats made entirely from tape.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.