Places Stymie Wants to Go

Before its closure in 2002, this South Dakota mine was the largest and deepest gold mine in Western Hemisphere.

Seth Bullock, the sheriff of Deadwood, built this town immediately after Teddy Roosevelt’s death in 1919.

Despite monuments in other locations, this spot in a South Dakota field is recognized by the U.S. National Geodetic Survey as the center of the 50 states.

This towering wooden Sasquatch was carved with a chainsaw.

The final resting place of the Hunkpapa Lakota leader Tatanka Iyotaka, commonly known by the English translation Sitting Bull.

More than 7,000 gallons of water pour over these cascading red quartzite waterfalls every second.

This sculpture gallery is home to magnificent beasts made of scrap metal and found objects.

This Wild West attraction is alive with glitching automatons.

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

A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.

From this scenic rockface, you can still see the paths Western pioneers followed.

Locally known as the "Onion” and the "Egg Beater,” Casper’s most recognizable buildings are beloved local landmarks to many, and eyesores to others.

An obelisk commemorates historic floods that hit two towns along the Red River of the North.

A replica of a fort built from a frontier town's mass hysteria in the face of false reports of impending Native American violence.

Wally is the 26-foot-long fiberglass emissary for Garrison, North Dakota, one of the self-proclaimed (and hotly contested) Walleye Capitals of the World.

Only place outside China and India where two overhead DC power lines cross.

This stone, said to have once been a young woman, is sacred to the Dakota and Lakota nations.

This simple badlands butte is the highest point in North Dakota and may be the only high point to charge admission.

Part of a secret 1970s nuclear defense program is now open to the public.

On the windswept Dakota plains there is a memorial to circus workers who were struck down by lightning.

One North Dakota man's vast collection of rare rocks, polished orbs, and geological wonders.

A scenic natural bridge with a creek running underneath.

Remnants of a town from a bygone era.

The rockpile was the founding landmark for the town of Gillette, and is now the home of the region's history.