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Despite repeated attempts to make it work, this former mining town is now nothing but dust and memories.

A waterfall 600 ft. inside a mountain, once the bane of gold miners, is now a spectacle of nature.

An impressive collection of farm equipment and other artifacts from life on the prairie.

A monument to the forgotten French explorers and their landmark expedition.

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.

This monument remembers one of the manliest men of the frontier who fought a grizzly before dragging himself 200 miles to safety.

Known as "The Hill of the Little Devils."

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

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

South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.

An entire city block built completely out of petrified wood.

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.

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

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

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

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

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

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

The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.

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

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

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

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