Places xndrake Wants to Go

A waterfall 600 ft. inside a mountain, once the bane of gold miners, is now a spectacle of nature.

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

Despite repeated attempts to make it work, this former mining town is now nothing but dust and memories.

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

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

The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

This Wild West attraction is alive with glitching automatons.

Known as "The Hill of the Little Devils."

A museum of the dime museum that features weird entertainments of yesteryear, from feejee mermaids to flea circuses.

This unique zoo is the only place in the world where you can see all 15 species of crane.

A large circus museum with summer performances.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.