Places chrissyml Wants to Go

Known as "The Hill of the Little Devils."

This sculpture gallery is home to magnificent beasts made of scrap metal and found objects.

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

This geodesic gallery holds a collection of painted spheres that make traditional canvases look lazy by comparison.

South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.

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

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

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

An entire city block built completely out of petrified wood.

This Wild West attraction is alive with glitching automatons.

The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

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

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

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

A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.

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

This giant tower beacon was a key navigation tool for pilots delivering mail amid the night skies.

A creek tumbles over a series of step-like rocks to create this scenic water feature.

New Plymouth, Idaho is the only U-shaped town in the United States.

Boise State's stadium was the first non-green football field in the world.