An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

The only retired U.S. nuclear missile silo that is open to the public.

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

Seth Bullock, the sheriff of Deadwood, built this town immediately after Teddy Roosevelt’s death in 1919.

More than 7,000 gallons of water pour over these cascading red quartzite waterfalls every second.

The cliff and rock formations are made out of Sioux Quartzite.

Chef Lawrence West serves up Indian tacos, wojapi, and other Lakota dishes at the brick-and-mortar incarnation of his popular food truck.

This sculpture gallery is home to magnificent beasts made of scrap metal and found objects.

This geodesic gallery holds a collection of painted spheres that make traditional canvases look lazy by comparison.

An entire city block built completely out of petrified wood.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A tiny nondenominational church harkens back to the days of the first homesteaders in the region.

One of few remaining antique carousels with stationary animals in the U.S.

This Colorado gallery is primarily for cars, but its collection also includes quilts, pottery, and more.

This shallow pit was once used to send over 20,000 buffalo plummeting to their death.

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.

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

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