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

The world's largest Holstein cow.

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

"...I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper?"

A giant granite cross remembers missionary Father Frederic Baraga, and his safe passage across an angry Lake Superior.

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

Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

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

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

This Nebraska town wants to double its population with plywood cut-outs of townsfolk.

This small piece of railroad history sits behind the parking lot of a chain grocery store.

A roadside attraction filled with an astounding array of gloriously wacky vehicles.

Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.

This is one really big nut.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

The burial grounds of a secret society includes fences topped with fake Tesla balls.

A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

This sidewalk tribute honors Colorado's great culinary creation.

A focal point of in Denver’s skyline for over a century, inspired by a Venetian basilica.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.