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Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

One devoted couple has donated multiple recreations of Michelangelo's sculptures to this South Dakota town.

The lowest point in South Dakota and the source of the Minnesota River.

Known as "The Hill of the Little Devils."

Chef Lawrence West serves up Indian tacos, wojapi, and other Lakota dishes at the brick-and-mortar incarnation of his popular food truck.

This sculpture gallery is home to magnificent beasts made of scrap metal and found objects.

One of the world's most definitive collections of musical instruments, spanning all cultures and historical periods.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

This geodesic gallery holds a collection of painted spheres that make traditional canvases look lazy by comparison.

An entire city block built completely out of petrified wood.

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

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

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

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.