Before its closure in 2002, this South Dakota mine was the largest and deepest gold mine in Western Hemisphere.

This towering wooden Sasquatch was carved with a chainsaw.

This vintage train once gave new meaning to “swimming upstream.”

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

A relic of roadside lore and perhaps the first of its kind in North America.

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.

Calidum et Deliciose Succosum!

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

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

South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.

An entire city block built completely out of petrified wood.

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

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

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

A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a 70-foot-long chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

An antique Beechcraft airplane serves as a giant windsock for people driving through the blustery open country of eastern Wyoming.

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

This town is home to the world’s largest arch constructed entirely of elk antlers.

A small town built on an abandoned airfield has former runways as streets and a bar and grill in an old airplane hangar.