Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.

The shortest river in America flows for just 201 feet.

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

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

This beautiful ancient site is dotted with perforated sandstone pillars considered sacred by some Native American groups.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a 70-foot-long chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

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

The crumbling structure is a rare surviving relic of the area's bygone mining industry.

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

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

The humble beginnings of the man known for his lavish "champagne" music.

An entire city block built completely out of petrified wood.

A tiny nondenominational church harkens back to the days of the first homesteaders in the region.

When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.

In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.

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

All that remains of this abandoned coal town is a beautiful, haunting cemetery.

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.

The home for all things Kool-Aid offers everything except a chance to actually enjoy the drink.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

A roadside spring pooling in an old bathtub where anyone can stop and sip.