Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.

It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.

This lesser-known geographic marker was the reference point for all surveys of the continent for 75 years.

See the home and the range on which "Home on the Range" was arranged.

Also known as the Cathedral of the Plains, this church holds the distinction of being one of the "8 Wonders of Kansas."

These otherworldly limestone formations jut out from the Kansas prairie.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

The ruins of the northernmost pueblo in the Americas tell the story of a mixing of native cultures.

Once an ancient sea, this landscape of rocky ravines is filled with the fossils of ancient marine life.

This small museum contains fossils from an era when Kansas was underwater.

A statue high in a hill that represents how Buffalo Bill got his name.

Self-built house and sculpture park where the creator can still be seen in a glass coffin.

Kansas's Grassroots Art Capital welcomes visitors to Lucas through its very own World's Largest Thing.

This artsy public restroom is shaped like a giant john.

A 20-foot-tall egg painted in a traditional Czech patterns by the Czech community in Wilson, Kansas.

This tiny old water tower once doubled as a makeshift jail.

A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

This monument marks the beginning journey of a wounded soldier's leg that ended up almost two states away.

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.