A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.

This simple badlands butte is the highest point in North Dakota and may be the only high point to charge admission.

The world's largest Holstein cow.

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

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

This shallow pit was once used to send over 20,000 buffalo plummeting to their death.

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.

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

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

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

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

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

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

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

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

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

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

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Mennes invented the tags we all place annually upon our license plates, and his story is told frankly and in full upon his headstone.

The humble beginnings of the man known for his lavish "champagne" music.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.