Hot Springs, South Dakota
Mammoth Site
This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.
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Hot Springs, South Dakota
This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.
Garretson, South Dakota
The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.
Keystone, South Dakota
Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.
Rapid City, South Dakota
This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.
Rapid City, South Dakota
One of Americaās oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.
Medora, North Dakota
Home of a French nobleman's short-lived attempt at raising cattle in the Badlands of North Dakota.
Parshall, North Dakota
One North Dakota man's vast collection of rare rocks, polished orbs, and geological wonders.
Denver, Colorado
Curios, scientific antiques, oddities for sale.
Durango, Colorado
A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.
Del Norte, Colorado
Historic, 19th-century wagon wheel ruts cut into soft volcanic ash.
Marble, Colorado
The site of a defunct mill, that once supplied marble for the construction of the Lincoln Memorial.
La Junta, Colorado
Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.
Glendale, Colorado
It's easy to forget what century it is as you wander this rustic homestead.
Telluride, Colorado
This otherwise unremarkable ski town building marks the site of Butch Cassidy's first robbery.
Wheat Ridge, Colorado
A seven-story 1920s mausoleum outside Denver houses thousands of remains.
CaƱon City, Colorado
This 19th century jail was mainly used to incarcerate the drunk and disorderly.
Black Hawk, Colorado
The burial grounds of a secret society includes fences topped with fake Tesla balls.
Pueblo, Colorado
A mental health hospital dating back more than 139 years, now features a museum.
Red Cliff, Colorado
Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.
Ouray, Colorado
A recreation of an Old West apothecary full of curios.
Golden, Colorado
The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.
Central City, Colorado
This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.
Trinidad, Colorado
The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.