Belle Fourche, South Dakota
Center of the Nation Monument
Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.
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Belle Fourche, South Dakota
Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.
Lemmon, South Dakota
This monument remembers one of the manliest men of the frontier who fought a grizzly before dragging himself 200 miles to safety.
New Salem, North Dakota
The world's largest Holstein cow.
Steele, North Dakota
The metal bird, nicknamed "Sandy," stands nearly 40 feet tall and is an homage to the birds that migrate through North Dakota every year.
Jamestown, North Dakota
Three legendary, living albino buffalo roaming their pastures for all to see.
Moorhead, Minnesota
This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.
Grand Forks, North Dakota
An obelisk commemorates historic floods that hit two towns along the Red River of the North.
Rugby, North Dakota
A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.
Boissevain, Manitoba
This park straddling the United States-Canadian border has been a symbol of peace since 1932.
Dunseith, North Dakota
A rim-made reptile in North Dakota.
Bottineau, North Dakota
The world's tallest turtle riding the world's largest snowmobile.
Garrison, North Dakota
Wally is the 26-foot-long fiberglass emissary for Garrison, North Dakota, one of the self-proclaimed (and hotly contested) Walleye Capitals of the World.
Baltimore, Maryland
A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.
Baltimore, Maryland
The childhood home of the Sultan of Swat is just a line drive away from Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
Baltimore, Maryland
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
Baltimore, Maryland
Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.
Baltimore, Maryland
A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.
Baltimore, Maryland
This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.
Bismarck, North Dakota
Mennes invented the tags we all place annually upon our license plates, and his story is told frankly and in full upon his headstone.
Bismarck, North Dakota
This municipal park along the Missouri River honors the galley central to the Lewis & Clark Expedition with a replica ship and sculptures.
Parshall, North Dakota
One North Dakota man's vast collection of rare rocks, polished orbs, and geological wonders.
Minot, North Dakota
This museum is a full-size replica of an original church constructed during the 13th-century.
West Glacier, Montana
The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.
Rapid City, South Dakota
Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.