One of the oldest active carousels in the country—but it might be missed by all but the keenest-eyed boardwalk strollers.

A gorilla holding a VW Beetle isn't what you'd expect in rural Vermont.

The highest peak in the state of Vermont has some interesting features.

This unusual building straddles two countries.

A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.

A 150-square-foot masterpiece of American landscape art is the crown jewel of this library and art gallery in Vermont.

An ancient glacial pothole waterfall in the heart of the Green Mountains.

This charming woodland trail is peppered with poetry.

Inside this old mill is a collection of images that will always remain frozen in time.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of music at this historic hotel.

This Great Plains museum pays tribute to both the prosperity and tragedy of the North American fur trade.

America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.

This beautiful ancient site is dotted with perforated sandstone pillars considered sacred by some Native American groups.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

Meet cowboys and ancient beardogs at this one-of-a-kind crossroads of Western history.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.