Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

This shallow pit was once used to send over 20,000 buffalo plummeting to their death.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

Before its closure in 2002, this South Dakota mine was the largest and deepest gold mine in Western Hemisphere.

This vintage train once gave new meaning to “swimming upstream.”

A statue high in a hill that represents how Buffalo Bill got his name.

Iconic figures in concrete and steel in the High Plains of Texas.

Get your gift of the gab on Route 66.

A local museum honors Wheeler native Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

One of the first intercontinental ballistic missile sites in the United States.

Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

The same security that protects our nukes accidentally protected a gentle herd of antelope.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

This towering wooden Sasquatch was carved with a chainsaw.

Calidum et Deliciose Succosum!

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

Eat the ultimate iteration of Portugal's most beloved pastry.

A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.