South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.

The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.

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

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

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

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

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

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

Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

Landmark Chicago building narrowly avoided destruction.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

Location of the Real World's disastrous, and protested, eleventh season.

Roses and other fascinating flora fill this garden built to commemorate Britain's immortal Bard.

A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.

G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.

A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.