The cliff and rock formations are made out of Sioux Quartzite.

Known as "The Hill of the Little Devils."

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

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

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

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

A wonderland of caves in eastern Iowa.

What was once a communal kitchen now serves heaping portions of hearty German fare.

Architectural elements and building materials for this house were transported from Salisbury, England.

This small museum is dedicated to one of the most influential, yet obscure, jazz legends of Prohibition.

A mother’s sweet tradition lives on with this unique memorial.

This tiny site in Iowa, part of a patchwork national wildlife refuge, is home to ancient flora and fauna.

A small burial plot formerly stranded in the middle of a road.

The magazine keeps a perfectly groomed display garden for its photo shoots.

Chilly air billows out from the entrance of an abandoned mine on a steep hillside, providing a refuge for Ice Age fauna and flora.

Piled high inside this warehouse and coffee shop are salvaged goods that span every corner of the globe.

This remote island in Iowa was abandoned after being devastated by flood.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

Millions of dollars worth of sculpture decorate this Iowa city center.

The remains of a bustling turn-of-the-century park built to showcase the wonders of electricity.