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

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

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

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a 70-foot-long chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

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

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

America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.

When an ancient supervolcano erupted, some of Nebraska's prehistoric animals were forever preserved in ash.

Site of the 1879 Cheyenne Outbreak and the site where famed Sioux chief Crazy Horse met his fate.

Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.

America's smallest town is run by its single citizen/mayor/librarian/bartender.

Other-worldly rock formations and ancient fossils abound in this unique stretch of Nebraska badlands.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

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

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

This 100-foot tall bluff located in the western plains of Kansas overlooks a massive reservoir.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.