Pisgah Forest, North Carolina
Sliding Rock
Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?
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Pisgah Forest, North Carolina
Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?
Charlotte, North Carolina
A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.
Littleton, North Carolina
Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.
Cullowhee, North Carolina
Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
Hendersonville, North Carolina
These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.
Rougemont, North Carolina
A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.
Wilson, North Carolina
A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.
Beech Mountain, North Carolina
A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.
Hildebran, North Carolina
An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.
Raleigh, North Carolina
This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.
Corona, South Dakota
The lowest point in South Dakota and the source of the Minnesota River.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
One devoted couple has donated multiple recreations of Michelangelo's sculptures to this South Dakota town.
Lemmon, South Dakota
This monument remembers one of the manliest men of the frontier who fought a grizzly before dragging himself 200 miles to safety.
Rapid City, South Dakota
South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.
Vermillion, South Dakota
Known as "The Hill of the Little Devils."
Rapid City, South Dakota
Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
This Wild West attraction is alive with glitching automatons.
Lemmon, South Dakota
An entire city block built completely out of petrified wood.
Belle Fourche, South Dakota
Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.
Spearfish, South Dakota
This geodesic gallery holds a collection of painted spheres that make traditional canvases look lazy by comparison.
Murdo, South Dakota
The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.
Philip, South Dakota
A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.
Mitchell, South Dakota
A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.
Garretson, South Dakota
The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.