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This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The pharmacy's retro ice cream mixer is one of the last of its kind.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

One North Dakota man's vast collection of rare rocks, polished orbs, and geological wonders.

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.

Three legendary, living albino buffalo roaming their pastures for all to see.

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.

Between Missoula and Spokane, a family-owned travel center has an unusual museum in the back.

The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.

A collection of 16,000 antlers crammed beautifully into a small shed.

The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

"The Reptile Man's" very own roadside zoo features an albino alligator.

Offering an enjoyable alternative to the standard hellacious post office trip.

The tiny church offers succor to travelers driving by, but only eight at a time.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

From overly ambitious (and eventually abandoned) atomic dream to bustling office park.

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.