Saint Maries, Idaho
Emerald Creek Garnet Area
Star garnets are so rare that you can only find them in two places on Earth—here, you can dig for them.
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Saint Maries, Idaho
Star garnets are so rare that you can only find them in two places on Earth—here, you can dig for them.
Cut Bank, Montana
A colossal concrete penguin announces this Montana town as the coldest spot in America. But is it really?
West Glacier, Montana
The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.
Wallace, Idaho
It was once used as a classroom to teach mining skills to local high school students.
Whitehall, Montana
The rocks of a certain area of Butte, Montana give off a musical ring when hit.
Basin, Montana
What if the cure for all that ails you was as simple as repeated exposure to low-dose radon?
Drummond, Montana
This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.
Harrison, Nebraska
Meet cowboys and ancient beardogs at this one-of-a-kind crossroads of Western history.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
More than 7,000 gallons of water pour over these cascading red quartzite waterfalls every second.
Harrison, Nebraska
Otherworldly rock formations and ancient fossils abound in this unique stretch of Nebraska badlands.
Hill City, South Dakota
One of the largest private collections of fossils in the world.
Rapid City, South Dakota
One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.
Scotia, Nebraska
After sitting abandoned for decades, this historic mine is now the only publicly accessible chalk room and pillar mine in North America.
Mount Vernon, Iowa
A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.
Shirley, Illinois
Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.
Evanston, Illinois
Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.
Piggott, Arkansas
Ernest Hemingway wrote a good portion of "A Farewell to Arms" while living with the parents of his second wife, Pauline Pfeiffer.
Rapid City, South Dakota
A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.
Creston, South Dakota
A relic of roadside lore and perhaps the first of its kind in North America.
Mobridge, South Dakota
The final resting place of the Hunkpapa Lakota leader Tatanka Iyotaka, commonly known by the English translation Sitting Bull.
Chamberlain, South Dakota
A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.
Midland, South Dakota
Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.
Monroe, Connecticut
A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world’s most famous paranormal investigators. Museum is temporarily closed with plans to re-open.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.