Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

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

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.

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

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

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

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

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

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.

A suburban street in Anchorage doubles as a runway, and each home has its own airplane hangar.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

This natural wonder is disappearing at an alarming rate.

A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.