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

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

This Idaho state park boasts the tallest single-structured sand dune in North America.

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

Cascading outward, this waterfall creates the appearance of a flowing veil.

This quirky piece of naval artillery has been deafening Canadians for over a century.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

This 18-foot-tall public art installation is another of sculptor Thomas Dambo's trolls.

When California condors were hovering on the brink of extinction, this recovery program was charged with helping the birds thrive again.

A small town market proudly displays numerous taxidermied animals along its walls.

The only bridge in the United States where BASE jumping is legal without a permit year-round.

One of the "twins" in these falls on the Snake River was sacrificed for hydropower generation in the 1930s.

This work of art by Matthew Mazzotta resides in this park dedicated to the first black legislator in Idaho.

This underground cave located in the most barren reaches of Idaho is filled with ice year-round.

Supposedly Satanic numbers adorn this preserved submarine sail.

The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.