Wall, South Dakota
Wall Drug
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
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Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Hot Springs, South Dakota
This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.
Harrison, Nebraska
A rancher expanding a natural spring for his cattle came up with bones – lots and lots of them.
Harrison, Nebraska
Otherworldly rock formations and ancient fossils abound in this unique stretch of Nebraska badlands.
Bayard, Nebraska
This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.
Harrison, Nebraska
Site of the 1879 Cheyenne Outbreak and the site where famed Sioux chief Crazy Horse met his fate.
Chadron, Nebraska
America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.
Alliance, Nebraska
An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.
Kansas City, Missouri
Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.
Kansas City, Missouri
The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.
St. Joseph, Missouri
The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.
Lawrence, Kansas
Lone survivor from Custer's Last Stand forever preserved.
Ashland, Kansas
Stories of sightless fish and ghostly cowboys are only a fraction of the legends surrounding this Kansas sinkhole.
Greensburg, Kansas
The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.
Burlington, Colorado
One of few remaining antique carousels with stationary animals in the U.S.
Weskan, Kansas
A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.
Arthur, Nebraska
This Nebraska museum was once the smallest courthouse in America.
Manhattan, Kansas
A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.
Ogallala, Nebraska
A fascinating collection of art made from petrified wood and fossils by two octogenarian twin brothers.
Oakley, Kansas
One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.
Abilene, Kansas
A museum where visitors can learn about greyhounds and (more importantly) pet them.
La Crosse, Kansas
A museum documents the development of the invention that tamed the Wild West.
Brookville, Kansas
Curious rock formations in a tiny Kansas state park.
Minneapolis, Kansas
A landscape of massive spherical boulders are the main attraction in this Kansas State Park.