Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.

A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.

Once an ancient sea, this landscape of rocky ravines is filled with the fossils of ancient marine life.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

Walk up a ramp through a forest for panoramic views of Lake Michigan.

The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.

The world's largest Holstein cow.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

This massive boulder is either a unique rock formation created by glacial melt or a magic energy vortex.

These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.

The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.

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

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

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