Rapid City, South Dakota
Depression Era Dinosaur Park
One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.
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Rapid City, South Dakota
One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.
Rapid City, South Dakota
One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.
Rapid City, South Dakota
Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.
Belle Fourche, South Dakota
Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.
Deadwood, South Dakota
A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.
Rapid City, South Dakota
Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.
Rapid City, South Dakota
South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.
Sundance, Wyoming
This shallow pit was once used to send over 20,000 buffalo plummeting to their death.
Devils Tower, Wyoming
The first declared National Monument in the United States.
Sundance, Wyoming
An antique Beechcraft airplane serves as a giant windsock for people driving through the blustery open country of eastern Wyoming.
Polson, Montana
With over 340,000 artifacts and counting, there is something for everyone, often called the "Smithsonian of the West."
Missoula, Montana
A classic carnival ride that was carved to be untouchable.
Butte, Montana
New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.
Glendive, Montana
The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.
Choteau, Montana
Touch an actual dinosaur bone at this eclectic trove of Rocky Mountain treasures.
Great Falls, Montana
The shortest river in America flows for just 201 feet.
Columbia Falls, Montana
A classic mystery spot complete with spots that are said to make you shrink or grow when you stand on them.
Great Falls, Montana
"Polynesia on the Plains."
West Glacier, Montana
This angular Dwarven tunnel cuts through a mountainside in Glacier National Park.
Wallace, Idaho
A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.
Butte, Montana
High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.
Salt Lake City, Utah
A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.
Valle, Arizona
An incredible airplane graveyard sits outside this small museum dedicated to preserving aviation history.