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

The world's longest known cave system.

This Great Plains museum pays tribute to both the prosperity and tragedy of the North American fur trade.

Home to the world's largest quilt collection dating from the 1600s through today.

Four ionic columns from the Treasury Department building ended up in a park in Nebraska.

An ornate Art Deco tile mosaic representing Nebraskan life, both modern and prehistoric.

This once rural mansion now sits in the heart of the city.

The largest collection of historical roller skates in the world.

This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.

The home for all things Kool-Aid offers everything except a chance to actually enjoy the drink.

The two-cell building in Nebraska was briefly owned by a teenage boy and then a Hollywood dummy.

Site of the 1879 Cheyenne Outbreak and the site where famed Sioux chief Crazy Horse met his fate.

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

America's smallest town is run by its single citizen/mayor/librarian/bartender.

An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.

Other-worldly rock formations and ancient fossils abound in this unique stretch of Nebraska badlands.

The pharmacy's retro ice cream mixer is one of the last of its kind.

A rim-made reptile in North Dakota.

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

The oldest still-existing mosque in the United States sits in a remote prairie in North Dakota.

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

These former Cold War launch sites have been preserved for tourists to see where the button might have been pushed.

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

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.