The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

Frank Lloyd Wright's most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

Elaborate drama imparts an appreciation for 19th century hardships.

A winged-helmed, sword-brandishing tribute to German Americans.

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

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

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

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.

Visit a church sculpted from hardened lava.

This six-building complex is the home of the world's largest steer.

This beautiful ancient site is dotted with perforated sandstone pillars considered sacred by some Native American groups.

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

Calidum et Deliciose Succosum!

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

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

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

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

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.

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

This towering wooden Sasquatch was carved with a chainsaw.

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