The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall but rather lightning.

The first steel dam in the world and the only one still functional in the United States.

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

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

Calidum et Deliciose Succosum!

This geodesic gallery holds a collection of painted spheres that make traditional canvases look lazy by comparison.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.

This simple badlands butte is the highest point in North Dakota and may be the only high point to charge admission.

The fungus-shaped vintage gas station has served multiple purposes over its lifetime, and now serves ice cream.

17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.

This Minnesota town celebrated the state's 100-year anniversary by creating a massive ode to nature's smartest bird.

This lone survivor of a regional franchise still slings delicious burgers and colossal servings of fries.

A roadside park in eastern Maine first marked the halfway point between the equator and North Pole with a brass pin in 1896.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

This architectural onion has an original 1930's Jerry O'Mahony dining car at its core.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

Khmer Rouge's high security prison.

Bizarre Hindu and Buddhist sculpture park.

Giant pagoda houses the car that drove Thích Quảng Đức to his death by self-immolation.