Examine the impact of the horse on Great Plains culture through exhibits on ranching, rodeo, and the Native American way of life.

The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.

This museum is dedicated to telling the story of dinosaurs from a creationist perspective. 

Visit a church sculpted from hardened lava.

A railroad lift bridge that was only lifted once and became obsolete before construction was finished.

The world's largest Holstein cow.

A replica of a fort built from a frontier town's mass hysteria in the face of false reports of impending Native American violence.

Mennes invented the tags we all place annually upon our license plates, and his story is told frankly and in full upon his headstone.

This municipal park along the Missouri River honors the galley central to the Lewis & Clark Expedition with a replica ship and sculptures.

"...I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper?"

In an alley behind a Fargo bar, you can roleplay as Mario while interacting with a popular street mural.

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.

On the windswept Dakota plains there is a memorial to circus workers who were struck down by lightning.

The lowest point in South Dakota and the source of the Minnesota River.

At the turn of the 20th century, the Minnehaha County courthouse played host to sensational public divorce trials.

This 19th-century religious artwork was once highly controversial—because it was donated to the church by a divorcee.

Chef Lawrence West serves up Indian tacos, wojapi, and other Lakota dishes at the brick-and-mortar incarnation of his popular food truck.

This soaring sculpture and Sioux Falls landmark represents the leap of faith taken to make one's dreams come true.

One devoted couple has donated multiple recreations of Michelangelo's sculptures to this South Dakota town.

One of the world's most definitive collections of musical instruments, spanning all cultures and historical periods.

These cliff and rock formations are made out of Sioux Quartzite.

The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.

A town honors its legacy of traditional American Indian pipe carving with one gigantic pipe.

The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.