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A relic of roadside lore and perhaps the first of its kind in North America.

The empty town of Scenic, South Dakota, is owned by a church in the Philippines.

The two-cell building in Nebraska was briefly owned by a teenage boy and then a Hollywood dummy.

A fascinating collection of art made from petrified wood and fossils by two octogenarian twin brothers.

An ode to South Dakota's state fish.

A crumbling ghost town on the South Dakota prairie.

Once a thriving town of 100, Argonne was abandoned around 1970.

The oldest extant wooden jail in South Dakota and possibly the United States. 

Despite monuments in other locations, this spot in a South Dakota field is recognized by the U.S. National Geodetic Survey as the center of the 50 states.

A ghost town now swarming with dozens of prairie dogs.

The final resting place of the Hunkpapa Lakota leader Tatanka Iyotaka, commonly known by the English translation Sitting Bull.

These cliff and rock formations are made out of Sioux Quartzite.

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

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

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

Scary stories haunt this wooden bridge.

A well-preserved quarry and six of eight continuous burning pot kilns used to make burnt lime and crushed stone are highlights of the self-guided walking tour in Fountain Rock Park.

This is the cabin from which John Brown and his men launched their fateful war to end slavery on October 16, 1859.

The oldest surviving one-room schoolhouse in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Once damaged by Hurricane Agnes, this bridge is now on the National Register of Historic Places.

The only public school for Black children in the region from 1895-1936.

The longest-covered bridge in the state of Maryland.

Historic barracks utilized during both the Revolutionary War and the Civil War.

Washed out by the Johnstown Flood in 1889, the surviving portion of the original two-span bridge now resides at Fishing Creek.