The first home of the doomed aviator Amelia Earhart.

This unfinished tribute to a hometown hero and early baseball great is now an abandoned roadside attraction.

This massive marble memorial was built bit by bit either out of devotion or spite, but at the expense of the surrounding town.

One of the stops along the fateful journey of the Donner Party.

This marker identifies the location where three states converge.

The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.

When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.

This statue is an ode to an iconic roadside advertisement popularized during the 1970s.

Journey up the capitol building's cupola for an amazing view of Topeka.

Topeka has its own great wall, and it's covered in colorful images from the city's history.

A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.

This 41,000-acre wetland complex is the largest marsh in the interior of the United States.

This historic Ellinwood hotel is also home to underground tunnels that were a popular haunt during Prohibition.

This rural roadside cross marks the farthest point of Coronado's expedition, and the place where the Catholic faith first came to America.

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.

The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.

This vivid painted ceramic sculpture evokes the expansiveness of the prairie sky.

Once a giant oak that served as the region's post office.

A museum where visitors can learn about greyhounds and (more importantly) pet them.

Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.

Curious rock formations in a tiny Kansas state park.

Salina's eye-catching giant mural depicting children at play is painted atop a century-old mill elevator.

A landscape of massive spherical boulders are the main attraction in this Kansas State Park.