1. Badlands National Park Located in southwestern, South Dakota

3. Winter South Dakota

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

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

6. Chicago Lake Michigan

7. 1973 Sears Tower World's Tallest Building Until 1996 Regains Tallest Title in 1997

8. Black Blizzard http://www.discovery.com/area/history/dustbowl/dustbowl1.1.html

9. Open Road and Plains

10. 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.

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

13. Wildflowers on the Nebraska Plain

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

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

16. Barn in Wheat Field

17. Aerial View of Fields

18. Aerial of Wheat Harvest and Fields

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

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

22. New Orleans and Mississippi River

23. Lake Michigan

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

25. Rocks in Lake Superior