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

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

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.

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

The world's largest Holstein cow.

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.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

More than 7,000 gallons of water pour over these cascading red quartzite waterfalls every second.

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.

Mining caused an asbestos emergency in this small town.

With over 340,000 artifacts and counting, there is something for everyone, often called the "Smithsonian of the West."

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

Spectacular views await visitors to this lake.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

This outsider art paradise is filled with dinosaur sculptures crafted from recycled machinery.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.