A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

The final resting place of the Hunkpapa Lakota leader Tatanka Iyotaka, commonly known by the English translation Sitting Bull.

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

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

Meet cowboys and ancient beardogs at this one-of-a-kind crossroads of Western history.

Drift through decades of high desert music history at this funky hometown museum.

A picturesque (all-natural!) beach in a landlocked state.

The hallowed ground of one of the worst atrocities in United States history.

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

The remains of a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp dot a windswept Colorado hill.

Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.

An eclectic collection of artifacts from the Wild West is preserved in a remote fictional pioneer town.

This was once the home of Gahan's Saloon, Denver's most storied speakeasy.

This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.

The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

Underneath the city that invented pilsners are a series of historic tunnels that have been storing beer for centuries.