Custer, South Dakota
Crazy Horse Memorial
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Philip, South Dakota
Giant Prairie Dog
A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.
Hot Springs, South Dakota
Historic 1888 Jail
The oldest extant wooden jail in South Dakota and possibly the United States.
Hot Springs, South Dakota
Mammoth Site
This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.
Conata, South Dakota
Conata
A ghost town now swarming with dozens of prairie dogs.
Philip, South Dakota
Minuteman Missile Visitor Center
Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.
Scenic, South Dakota
Scenic Ghost Town
The empty town of Scenic, South Dakota, is owned by a church in the Philippines.
Wall, South Dakota
Wall Drug
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Wantage, New Jersey
High Point Monument
The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.
Port Jervis, New York
Tri-States Monument
A pair of 19th-century granite markers symbolically record where the state boundaries of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania intersect.
Port Jervis, New York
The Hawks Nest
A winding, cliffside stretch of road overlooking the Delaware River.
