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This vintage train once gave new meaning to “swimming upstream.”

Despite monuments in other locations, this spot in a South Dakota field is recognized by the U.S. National Geodetic Survey as the center of the 50 states.

A crumbling ghost town on the South Dakota prairie.

A monument to the forgotten French explorers and their landmark expedition.

A series of life-sized statues of each governor of the state of South Dakota.

Once a thriving town of 100, Argonne was abandoned around 1970.

This 19th-century religious artwork was once highly controversial—because it was donated to the church by a divorcee.

The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.

These cliff and rock formations are made out of Sioux Quartzite.

Known as "The Hill of the Little Devils."

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

Over 50 historic windmills whir away at this outdoor museum.

A larger-than-life monument to the overlooked women who braved Western expansion and broke down societal barriers.

This ostentatious Italianate palace of an Oklahoma billionaire is filled with several themed mini-museums.

This small-town museum is dedicated to the original western movie mega-star.

A whimsical tower with a spiral staircase, inspired by the Space Age and the Möbius strip.

The only fully-realized skyscraper built by the famed American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

To honor his gardening wife, this yard artist turns bowling balls into playful, colorful sculptures.

An oil baron's wild paradise and the winner of an ill-fated air race.

Site of the 1926 murder trial of Ernest Burkhart who was involved in the "Reign of Terror."

A tiny but mighty little pumper sits in the middle of the street, waiting for the next big oil strike.

This historic folk art garden contains a nightmare tower that claims to be the world's largest concrete totem pole.

It reportedly took three years to sort through all the objects in this eclectic lifelong collection.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.