Rapid City, South Dakota
Rapid City Presidents
Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.
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Rapid City, South Dakota
Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.
Mitchell, South Dakota
A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.
Rapid City, South Dakota
One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.
Midland, South Dakota
Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.
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.
Hinckley, Minnesota
Its collection contains relics from the devastating disaster that set the town ablaze.
New Ulm, Minnesota
A winged-helmed, sword-brandishing tribute to German Americans.
Duluth, Minnesota
This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.
Duluth, Minnesota
The watery grave of an impractical idea.
Belgrade, Minnesota
This Minnesota town celebrated the state's 100-year anniversary by creating a massive ode to nature's smartest bird.
Two Harbors, Minnesota
This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.
Bemidji, Minnesota
These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.
Lake Itasca, Minnesota
At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.
Kellogg, Minnesota
This secret gem of a toy store houses a rideable carousel populated with fantasy animals.
Bloomington, Minnesota
Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...
Austin, Minnesota
Ever wanted to can Spam?
Harmony, Minnesota
This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Where the notorious gang lived while on the run from the FBI.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."
Saint Paul, Minnesota
The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Downtown Minneapolis mixed art and function by turning some of their sewer covers into works of art.