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

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

Elaborate drama imparts an appreciation for 19th century hardships.

This Wild West attraction is alive with glitching automatons.

A town honors its legacy of traditional American Indian pipe carving with one gigantic pipe.

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

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

Known as "The Hill of the Little Devils."

One of the world's most definitive collections of musical instruments, spanning all cultures and historical periods.

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.