Places terimagdanz Wants to Go

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

This vintage train once gave new meaning to “swimming upstream.”

This geodesic gallery holds a collection of painted spheres that make traditional canvases look lazy by comparison.

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

This towering wooden Sasquatch was carved with a chainsaw.

The oldest extant wooden jail in South Dakota and possibly the United States. 

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

Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.

Otherworldly rock formations and ancient fossils abound in this unique stretch of Nebraska badlands.

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

This town of 100 people has approximately one bronze sculpture for every two residents.

America's smallest town is run by its single citizen/mayor/librarian/bartender.

More than 150 working bells from churches and one-room-schoolhouses across the Great Plains are assembled in one man's yard.

This 'terrible lizard' was one of the world's first animatronic dinosaurs.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

Chilly air billows out from the entrance of an abandoned mine on a steep hillside, providing a refuge for Ice Age fauna and flora.

Home to a 26-foot-tall statue of an American icon.

A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.

After sitting abandoned for decades, this historic mine is now the only publicly accessible chalk room and pillar mine in North America.

You can stand in three U.S. states at once.

Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.

An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.

A life-size bronze statue of Ettore Boiardi, the man behind the can.