This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

The world's largest Holstein cow.

This 25-foot-tall statue was built as a protest to a property dispute.

This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

This small, but beautiful waterfall has attracted visits from artists, composers, and two United States presidents.

A Borgesian work of art that may blur the line between fiction and reality a little too convincingly.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

The dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.