A quirky little oasis in the California desert where rescue animals abound.

A 250 million-year-old rock formation has earned a rather unique nickname.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.

This notorious dive has been serving up both kinds of spirits since 1879.

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

The oldest extant wooden jail in South Dakota and possibly the United States. 

A small Wyoming town is home to the state's oldest-operating soda fountain.

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

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

A museum, walk-through diorama, and library nestled under one castle-like roof.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

A town honors its legacy of traditional American Indian pipe carving with one gigantic pipe.

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

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

This Wild West attraction is alive with glitching automatons.

More than 7,000 gallons of water pour over these cascading red quartzite waterfalls every second.

Elaborate drama imparts an appreciation for 19th century hardships.

See how Laura Ingalls lived on the Minnesota prairie.

A chimney and a plaque are all that remains of a logging camp that once cleared out a large swath of Minnesota's old-growth forest.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

A mapping error in the 19th century made loggers think this section of the forest was underwater.