This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

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

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

This simple stone monument honors a 19th-century tragedy.

This massive railroad spike celebrates the 1939 premiere of the movie “Union Pacific.”

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

Take a dip in the world's largest mineral hot springs pool.

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

Before he was America’s most famous preservationist, John Muir was an ingenious mechanical inventor.

A hundred-year-old museum filled with giant physics toys and experiments designed by grad students.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.