Spillville, Iowa
Bily Clocks Museum
Elaborate hand-carved wooden clocks two brothers made in their spare time are on display at this handsome little museum.
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Spillville, Iowa
Elaborate hand-carved wooden clocks two brothers made in their spare time are on display at this handsome little museum.
Britt, Iowa
An old town theater converted into a celebration of the hobo legacy.
Blue Earth, Minnesota
This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
At the turn of the 20th century, the Minnehaha County courthouse played host to sensational public divorce trials.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
This storied music venue was once a tavern that housed an Italian Anarchist book club and prohibition parties; today it's a community space for artists and musicians.
Mobridge, South Dakota
An ode to South Dakota's state fish.
Hot Springs, South Dakota
The oldest extant wooden jail in South Dakota and possibly the United States.
Deadwood, South Dakota
Seth Bullock, the sheriff of Deadwood, built this town immediately after Teddy Roosevelt’s death in 1919.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
This 19th-century religious artwork was once highly controversial—because it was donated to the church by a divorcee.
Spearfish, South Dakota
This vintage train once gave new meaning to “swimming upstream.”
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.
Wall, South Dakota
One of the first intercontinental ballistic missile sites in the United States.
Garretson, South Dakota
These cliff and rock formations are made out of Sioux Quartzite.
Conata, South Dakota
A ghost town now swarming with dozens of prairie dogs.
Rapid City, South Dakota
Calidum et Deliciose Succosum!
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
One devoted couple has donated multiple recreations of Michelangelo's sculptures to this South Dakota town.
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.
Corona, South Dakota
The lowest point in South Dakota and the source of the Minnesota River.
Vermillion, South Dakota
Known as "The Hill of the Little Devils."
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Chef Lawrence West serves up Indian tacos, wojapi, and other Lakota dishes at the brick-and-mortar incarnation of his popular food truck.
Lemmon, South Dakota
This sculpture gallery is home to magnificent beasts made of scrap metal and found objects.
Spearfish, South Dakota
This geodesic gallery holds a collection of painted spheres that make traditional canvases look lazy by comparison.
Ardmore, South Dakota
Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.