The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

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

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Despite repeated attempts to make it work, this former mining town is now nothing but dust and memories.

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

A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.

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.

The final resting place of the Seminole Indian chief who fought against government occupation in Florida.

An old train trestle re-imagined as an Egyptian obelisk.

This South Carolina water tower is an icon of the city of Walterboro, but it also once served as the county jail.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

This historic museum is home to a rare Confederate Chester Gun.

Twenty-eight years after this local landmark was washed ashore by hurricane Hugo, it was washed away by hurricane Irma.

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

This bare tree might not have leaves but it is constantly clothed in festive decorations left by mysterious local benefactors.

This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.

Visitors come from all over to bring gifts and tokens to the grave of Alice, who is thought to have died of a broken heart.