Places knewc Wants to Go

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

An entire city block built completely out of petrified wood.

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

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

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

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

Two hula hoops appeared on the tree after a storm, and the collection kept growing.

This small museum is dedicated to one of the most influential, yet obscure, jazz legends of Prohibition.

Chilly air billows out from the entrance of an abandoned mine on a steep hillside, providing a refuge for Ice Age fauna and flora.

This massive railroad spike celebrates the 1939 premiere of the movie “Union Pacific.”

Largest gathering of hobos in the country has been meeting annually since 1900.

Elaborate hand-carved wooden clocks two brothers made in their spare time are on display at this handsome little museum.

Piled high inside this warehouse and coffee shop are salvaged goods that span every corner of the globe.

The “American Gothic" artist's largest works hang in an Iowa State University library.

An Iowa town celebrates its heritage with the tallest working Dutch windmill in North America.

A small burial plot formerly stranded in the middle of a road.

While there are no actual snakes in the history of this crooked road, there may be a number of dead horses.