Manteo, North Carolina
William B. Umstead Bridge
So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.
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Manteo, North Carolina
So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.
Frisco, North Carolina
The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks. Â .
Hatteras, North Carolina
This historic sunny-yellow building has an unfortunate connection to the sinking of the Titanic.
Ocracoke, North Carolina
The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.
Fort Pierre, South Dakota
A monument to the forgotten French explorers and their landmark expedition.
Corona, South Dakota
The lowest point in South Dakota and the source of the Minnesota River.
Philip, South Dakota
Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
One devoted couple has donated multiple recreations of Michelangelo's sculptures to this South Dakota town.
Vermillion, South Dakota
Known as "The Hill of the Little Devils."
Rapid City, South Dakota
South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.
Rapid City, South Dakota
Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.
Belle Fourche, South Dakota
Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.
Lemmon, South Dakota
An entire city block built completely out of petrified wood.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
This Wild West attraction is alive with glitching automatons.
Deadwood, South Dakota
A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.
Rapid City, South Dakota
Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.
Garretson, South Dakota
The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.
Hot Springs, South Dakota
This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.
Keystone, South Dakota
Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.
Rapid City, South Dakota
This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Fort Yates, North Dakota
This stone, said to have once been a young woman, is sacred to the Dakota and Lakota nations.
Strasburg, North Dakota
The humble beginnings of the man known for his lavish "champagne" music.
Salisbury, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's highest point is spotted with boulders which were pushed to the surface by nothing but cold.