Journey through the largest remaining peat bogs in the contiguous United States to see the wilderness as it once was.

Icelandic settlement in Manitoba established in 1875.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

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

This vintage train once gave new meaning to “swimming upstream.”

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

This sprawling building built in 1890 was one of Minnesota’s earliest and largest mental health facilities.

Fort Garry was a pivotal post for the Hudson’s Bay Company and a major factor in the economy and political culture of the area.

The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.

Visit a church sculpted from hardened lava.

This colossal reptile celebrates the history of the now-defunct Canadian Turtle Derby.

A railroad lift bridge that was only lifted once and became obsolete before construction was finished.

The ruins of Theodore Roosevelt's beloved ranch stand in a forgotten corner of a national park named after him.

This park straddling the United States-Canadian border has been a symbol of peace since 1932.

This stone, said to have once been a young woman, is sacred to the Dakota and Lakota nations.

The world's tallest turtle riding the world's largest snowmobile.

This museum is a full-size replica of an original church constructed during the 13th-century.

Home of a French nobleman's short-lived attempt at raising cattle in the Badlands of North Dakota.

Wally is the 26-foot-long fiberglass emissary for Garrison, North Dakota, one of the self-proclaimed (and hotly contested) Walleye Capitals of the World.

One North Dakota man's vast collection of rare rocks, polished orbs, and geological wonders.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.