This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.

Raised high above the Cimarron River, this 1,268-foot rail bridge followed a half-century of trainwrecks, bridge collapses, and an abandoned town.

See the motorcycles that launched the stuntman to fame and the gear that saved his life.

A Kansas nature preserve protecting the plants and animals that once stretched across central North America.

A park to honor all U.S. Armed Forces veterans, and Emporia's status as the founding city of Veterans Day.

This historic church is named for abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher and the ruse to arm his fellow abolitionists.

A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.

Some say that the battle fought at this Kansas site in 1856 was the first unofficial battle of the American Civil War.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

One of the oldest continually operated libraries in Kansas.

The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.

This was the first homestead registered after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law.

Before he was the "Big Train," baseball's greatest pitcher was the original "Humboldt Thunderbolt."

A plaque recognizes "unquestionably the most widely published photograph in rural electrification history."

This unusual sculpture honors the city's namesake, Octave Chanute, for his pioneering work in early aviation.

This historical marker is all that remains of Octagon City, Kansas, a failed vegetarian utopia.

Don't pass Gas, stop and enjoy it.