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America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

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

What do a giraffe, an elephant, and reasonably priced steaks have in common? This roadside restaurant filled with exotic taxidermy.

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

This record-setting hydraulic dam in the Montana badlands was one of FDR's most ambitious public works.

The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.

With over 340,000 artifacts and counting, there is something for everyone, often called the "Smithsonian of the West."

This angular Dwarven tunnel cuts through a mountainside in Glacier National Park.

A Mormon place of exile in Missouri.

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.

A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.

The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.

Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

A town honors its legacy of traditional American Indian pipe carving with one gigantic pipe.

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The first hand-illuminated, hand-written bible since the invention of the printing press.

America's silhouette includes 100 square miles of wilderness jutting into Canada thanks to an old mapmaking error.

Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.