Mitchell, South Dakota
The Corn Palace
A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.
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Mitchell, South Dakota
A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.
Corona, South Dakota
The lowest point in South Dakota and the source of the Minnesota River.
Monticello, Utah
Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.
Monticello, Utah
One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.
Telluride, Colorado
This otherwise unremarkable ski town building marks the site of Butch Cassidy's first robbery.
Chimney Rock, Colorado
Two tall rocks sit at the center of this site, once the home of a large Ancestral Puebloan community.
San Juan County, Utah
An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.
Nageezi, New Mexico
A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.
Farmington, New Mexico
Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.
Durango, Colorado
A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.
Durango, Colorado
This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.
Dolores, Colorado
A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.
Aztec, New Mexico
The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.
Teec Nos Pos, Utah
The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.
Shiprock, New Mexico
Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Towaoc, Colorado
Ute tour guides have been sharing the ancient dwellings and rock art inside this large park with visitors for more than 40 years.
Winona, Minnesota
Dakota legend claims this locally iconic pinnacle was once part of a sacred burial site that was cleaved in two.
Brainerd, Minnesota
This once prosperous community was home to European settlers and the Ojibwe.
Winona, Minnesota
Hunting trophies and antique guns make up the unusual display at this Minnesota bank building.
St. Joseph, Minnesota
A jaw-dropping brutalist space church seems to have crash-landed in the middle of America.
St. Joseph, Minnesota
The first hand-illuminated, hand-written bible since the invention of the printing press.
Maiden Rock, Wisconsin
Every winter, dozens of otherworldly ice structures sprout up from a rigged up artesian well.
Red Wing, Minnesota
Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.