A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

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

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

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

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

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

Despite monuments in other locations, this spot in a South Dakota field is recognized by the U.S. National Geodetic Survey as the center of the 50 states.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

The ruins of Theodore Roosevelt's beloved ranch stand in a forgotten corner of a national park named after him.

Home of a French nobleman's short-lived attempt at raising cattle in the Badlands of North Dakota.

Examine the impact of the horse on Great Plains culture through exhibits on ranching, rodeo, and the Native American way of life.

The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.

This museum is dedicated to telling the story of dinosaurs from a creationist perspective. 

Visit a church sculpted from hardened lava.

A railroad lift bridge that was only lifted once and became obsolete before construction was finished.

The world's largest Holstein cow.

A replica of a fort built from a frontier town's mass hysteria in the face of false reports of impending Native American violence.

Mennes invented the tags we all place annually upon our license plates, and his story is told frankly and in full upon his headstone.

This municipal park along the Missouri River honors the galley central to the Lewis & Clark Expedition with a replica ship and sculptures.

"...I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper?"

In an alley behind a Fargo bar, you can roleplay as Mario while interacting with a popular street mural.

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.

On the windswept Dakota plains there is a memorial to circus workers who were struck down by lightning.

The lowest point in South Dakota and the source of the Minnesota River.