Badlands National Park Located in southwestern, South Dakota

Winter South Dakota

Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln carved in rock on Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota

Wind Cave National Park Located in Hot Springs, SD Home to native wildlife such as bison, elk, pronghorn, mule deer, coyotes, and prairie dogs.

Chicago Lake Michigan

1973 Sears Tower World's Tallest Building Until 1996 Regains Tallest Title in 1997

Black Blizzard

Open Road and Plains

Outcrops in Great Plains Prairie A view of the Great Plains prairie shows distant outcrops--Dome Rock and the Scotts Bluff National Monument. These rock outcrops were important landmarks for pioneers along the Oregon Trail traveling west. Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, USA.

Covered Wagon Crossing Plain A single covered wagon crosses the grasslands at a reenactment of the Battle of Little Big Horn.

Wildflowers on the Nebraska Plain

Storm Clouds Over Iowa Plains A violent thunderstorm travels across the plains near Decorah, Iowa

Castle Rock on the Great Plains The light shines on Castle Rock as it looms above the Great Plains.

Barn in Wheat Field

Aerial View of Fields

Aerial of Wheat Harvest and Fields

Barge on the Mississippi River A barge approaches a bridge on the Mississippi River

Traffic on the Mississippi River Paddlewheelers and cargo ships move along the Mississippi River, next to the Gateway Arch in downtown St. Louis.

New Orleans and Mississippi River

Lake Michigan

Sunrise over Lake Michigan The sky turns bright red as the sun rises over Lake Michigan

Rocks in Lake Superior