Chamberlain, South Dakota
Dignity of Earth and Sky
A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.
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Chamberlain, South Dakota
A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.
Rapid City, South Dakota
Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.
Philip, South Dakota
A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.
Deadwood, South Dakota
A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.
Rapid City, South Dakota
Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.
Mitchell, South Dakota
A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.
Montrose, South Dakota
A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.
Rapid City, South Dakota
One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.
Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Sibley, Iowa
The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.
Clear Lake, Iowa
A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Joliet, Illinois
A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.
Staunton, Illinois
This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.
Collinsville, Illinois
Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.
Casey, Illinois
The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.
Rockford, Illinois
The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.
Collinsville, Illinois
Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.
Centerville, Indiana
A giant lumpy candle serves as a beacon for this highly scented pit stop.
Newark, Ohio
An office built to look like a giant basket.
Lima, Ohio
This burger joint is named after everyone's favorite carnival prize and is adorned with a giant one over the door.
Dublin, Ohio
The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.