St. Louis, Missouri
City Museum
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
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St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
Dubuque, Iowa
This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.
Dodgeville, Wisconsin
One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.
Walcott, Iowa
The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.
Chanhassen, Minnesota
Find out what it sounds like when doves cry at Prince's recording studio estate turned museum.
Twin Falls, Idaho
Where the famed daredevil attempted to launch himself across a canyon in a custom-built rocket.
Kimberly, Idaho
These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.
Twin Falls, Idaho
The only bridge in the United States where BASE jumping is legal without a permit year-round.
Arco, Idaho
Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.
Hot Springs, South Dakota
This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.
Devils Tower, Wyoming
The first declared National Monument in the United States.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Rapid City, South Dakota
A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.
Rapid City, South Dakota
One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.
Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Philip, South Dakota
A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.
Midland, South Dakota
Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.
Chamberlain, South Dakota
A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.
Mitchell, South Dakota
A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.
Montrose, South Dakota
A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
More than 7,000 gallons of water pour over these cascading red quartzite waterfalls every second.
Garretson, South Dakota
These cliff and rock formations are made out of Sioux Quartzite.
West Bend, Iowa
A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.
Pella, Iowa
An Iowa town celebrates its heritage with the tallest working Dutch windmill in North America.