Kimberly, Idaho
Shoshone Falls
These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.
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Kimberly, Idaho
These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.
Twin Falls, Idaho
The only bridge in the United States where BASE jumping is legal without a permit year-round.
Salt Lake City, Utah
A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.
Salt Lake City, Utah
A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.
Salt Lake City, Utah
This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.
Salt Lake City, Utah
In 1952, this restaurant began selling the Colonel's “secret” recipe.
Salt Lake City, Utah
This mural changes every few years.
Buford, Wyoming
A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.
Laramie, Wyoming
The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.
Buford, Wyoming
Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.
Ogallala, Nebraska
A fascinating collection of art made from petrified wood and fossils by two octogenarian twin brothers.
Bayard, Nebraska
This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.
Muscotah, Kansas
This unfinished tribute to a hometown hero and early baseball great is now an abandoned roadside attraction.
Beatrice, Nebraska
This was the first homestead registered after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law.
Horton, Kansas
A plaque recognizes "unquestionably the most widely published photograph in rural electrification history."
Atchison, Kansas
The face of the famed flier in a hillside in her hometown.
Kansas City, Missouri
An abandoned concrete jungle surrounded by a lush park.
Kansas City, Missouri
Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.
Kansas City, Missouri
This classic Kansas City song reference is the place for anyone who wants to stand at the corner of 12th Street and Vine.
Kansas City, Missouri
The crumbling remains of the first Black-owned and operated hospital in Kansas City.
Kansas City, Missouri
This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.
Kansas City, Missouri
This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.
Lenexa, Kansas
An artistically engineered dam designed to honor the relationship between humankind and nature.
Kansas City, Missouri
How did the front of a supersonic jet make its way to a display case in a Kansas City yard?