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

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

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

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.

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

The oldest extant wooden jail in South Dakota and possibly the United States. 

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

One of the first intercontinental ballistic missile sites in the United States.

Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

An antique Beechcraft airplane serves as a giant windsock for people driving through the blustery open country of eastern Wyoming.

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

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

Seth Bullock, the sheriff of Deadwood, built this town immediately after Teddy Roosevelt’s death in 1919.

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

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

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

This statue is an ode to an iconic roadside advertisement popularized during the 1970s.

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

Three markers installed over the course of 140 years mark the point where Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma converge.

There are no bodies inside these stone coffins. And there never were.