An indoor botanical garden for tropical plants looks like a giant cylinder lying on its side.

Very likely the only museum in the world that celebrates the glory of the humble banjo.

The largest single-building tribal cultural center in the U.S. is an expansive museum in Oklahoma City.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

Behind the Cowboy Hall of Fame is a burial ground for good horses and a famed rodeo bull.

For over a century, it has been a tradition to raise a flag at the top of this 450-foot sandstone pillar on the 4th of July.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Nature has shaped this drainage tunnel into the digestive tract of a mighty beast.

When it was built in 1929, this historic bridge was the only place to cross the Colorado River for 600 miles.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

These petroglyphs created by ancient Arizonians have withstood centuries of exposure to the elements.

The Rhubarb capital of Illinois has made their title official with this 10 foot tall statue.

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.

A colossal watermelon slice celebrating Muscatine’s sweet agricultural heritage.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

This oversized flute-playing Ancestral Puebloan deity is also a landmark of Southwestern kitsch.

The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.

An amazing collection of sculptures and art.

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

A Kansas nature preserve protecting the plants and animals that once stretched across central North America.