Hot Springs, South Dakota
Mammoth Site
This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.
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Hot Springs, South Dakota
This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.
Rapid City, South Dakota
South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.
Philip, South Dakota
Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.
Chicago, Illinois
A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.
Chicago, Illinois
These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.
Bentleyville, Ohio
Landmark dedicated to the plight of the American Indian in the 21st century.
Darwin, Minnesota
17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.
Warren, Ohio
This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.
Peninsula, Ohio
Beside a busy highway, a colony of Great Blue Herons raises hundreds of offspring each year.
Akron, Ohio
But did the famous feminist and abolitionist ever really say those iconic four words?
Kent, Ohio
This campus museum commemorates a national tragedy.
Lowell, Massachusetts
The birth home of one of cinema's legendary actresses.
Brewer, Maine
Maine’s only official memorial to the Underground Railroad.
Portland, Maine
Its unique collection details the history of the state's svelte railroads.
Graniteville, Vermont
Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.
Syracuse, New York
A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.
Cleveland, Ohio
An abandoned, rusty old relic of railroad history stands at attention over the Cuyahoga River.
Elkhart, Indiana
A concrete block embedded with thousands of pulled teeth was created by a local dentist to memorialize his dog.
Somerset Center, Michigan
This lovely public park has an intriguing past and unique wooden bridges made of concrete.
Chicago, Illinois
One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.
Chicago, Illinois
First planned industrial community in the United States.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.