A ghost town now swarming with dozens of prairie dogs.

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

Other-worldly rock formations and ancient fossils abound in this unique stretch of Nebraska badlands.

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

A waterfall 600 ft. inside a mountain, once the bane of gold miners, is now a spectacle of nature.

A relic of roadside lore and perhaps the first of its kind in North America.

A monument to the forgotten French explorers and their landmark expedition.

An impressive collection of farm equipment and other artifacts from life on the prairie.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

One dedicated priest constructed this beautiful stone grotto by hand from 1926-1933.

Chef Lawrence West serves up Indian tacos, wojapi, and other Lakota dishes at the brick-and-mortar incarnation of his popular food truck.

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

The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.

The cliff and rock formations are made out of Sioux Quartzite.

This early 20th-century rural drinking fountain provides water for both horses and humans.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

Home to part of the world’s largest private collection of original manuscripts and documents.

On the shores of Lake Superior, a small group of monks makes sacred sweets.

A mysterious light in the wood, rumoured to be the the ghost of a railroad brakeman.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.

This town is home to the world’s largest arch constructed entirely of elk antlers.

This shallow pit was once used to send over 20,000 buffalo plummeting to their death.