This hand-carved wooden carousel in the Story City North Park was built in 1913.

Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.

Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

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

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

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

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

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

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

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

Dakota legend claims this locally iconic pinnacle was once part of a sacred burial site that was cleaved in two.

Ever wanted to can Spam?

A jaw-dropping brutalist space church seems to have crash-landed in the middle of America.

After four years of grasshopper plagues, this chapel was erected as a plea to God to make them end.

An amazing collection of sculptures and art.