An amazing collection of sculptures and art.

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

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

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

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

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

A graveyard of bathyspheres and diving bells paints a weirdly accurate account of ocean exploration's rickety history.

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.

A treehouse assailed by the elements and the government, now gone.

A jaw-dropping brutalist space church seems to have crash-landed in the middle of America.

America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

The first hand-illuminated, hand-written bible since the invention of the printing press.

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.

Minnesota's highest point is a scenic vista marked by a plaque and armies of mosquitoes.

This iconic water tower and failed bandstand is open for panoramic views once a year.

Minnesota's oldest and deepest mine is now an underground physics laboratory.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.

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

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.