Yellowstone Trip

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.

The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.

While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

The world's third-largest scale model of the planets.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

This simple home was the beginning of a long journey for the iconic Western film star.

The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

Ever wanted to can Spam?

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

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

One devoted couple has donated multiple recreations of Michelangelo's sculptures to this South Dakota town.

A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

A waterfall 600 ft. inside a mountain, once the bane of gold miners, is now a spectacle of nature.

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

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

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.

Creek water that starts here has a 50/50 chance of ending up in the Atlantic or the Pacific.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."

An apocalyptic seismic event creates a deadly chain reaction that ends with a 6-mile long lake developing within weeks.

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

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.