The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

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

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

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

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.

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

This record-setting hydraulic dam in the Montana badlands was one of FDR's most ambitious public works.

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

This beautiful ancient site is dotted with perforated sandstone pillars considered sacred by some Native American groups.

A railroad lift bridge that was only lifted once and became obsolete before construction was finished.

Home of a French nobleman's short-lived attempt at raising cattle in the Badlands of North Dakota.

This six-building complex is the home of the world's largest steer.

The ruins of Theodore Roosevelt's beloved ranch stand in a forgotten corner of a national park named after him.

This museum is dedicated to telling the story of dinosaurs from a creationist perspective. 

The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.