Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Buffalo Ridge 1880 Cowboy Town
This Wild West attraction is alive with glitching automatons.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
This Wild West attraction is alive with glitching automatons.
Keystone, South Dakota
The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."
Philip, South Dakota
A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.
Hot Springs, South Dakota
This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.
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.
Rapid City, South Dakota
This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.
Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Greenwood, Mississippi
After decades of research and rumors, Little Zion Church was proven to be his final resting place.
Foxworth, Mississippi
A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.
Natchez, Mississippi
This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.
Oxford, Mississippi
William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.
Leland, Mississippi
A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.
Cresco, Pennsylvania
These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.
Pittston, Pennsylvania
The graffitied ruins stand hidden within the Pennsylvania woods.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The last remnants of Fort Pitt also hold the distinction of being the oldest structure west of the Allegheny Mountains.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh's literal underground railroad.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This picturesque stream was up until recently the site of a ten story mountain of slag and sewage.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The last street in Pittsburgh that's paved with wood.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Long hidden under grime, the politically radical murals of a little known Yugoslavian master are finally getting their due.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This Old Testament garden features 100 plants from biblical times.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.