Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

These cinderblock farmhouses were actually World War II radar stations in disguise.

A carnivorous plant paradise in a serpentine bog.

This 19th-century museum inside of a lighthouse is only accessible during low tide.

A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.

This simple badlands butte is the highest point in North Dakota and may be the only high point to charge admission.

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

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

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

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

Wally is the 26-foot-long fiberglass emissary for Garrison, North Dakota, one of the self-proclaimed (and hotly contested) Walleye Capitals of the World.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.

A "Bugseum" dedicated to all things insect-related resides behind a pest control company.

Beautiful stained glass depictions of the history of human flight fill this surprising chapel.

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.

A memorial honoring those who perished in one of the worst construction disasters in U.S. history.

In Rickwood Caverns, visitors can travel hundreds of feet underground and see beautiful formations unique to the region.

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

An Alabama courtroom where two famous American authors played as children became the setting for a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

This ghost town houses the remains of Alabama's old state capital.

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

This space rock fragment is one of the only meteors to have ever struck a human.