University City, Missouri
Fish on a Bicycle
University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.
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University City, Missouri
University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.
St. Louis, Missouri
Exploring the past, present, and future of blues music.
Macomb, Illinois
Over 120 years ago, the original boardgame that inspired Monopoly was invented in this small Illinois town.
Brandon, Iowa
The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.
Gladbrook, Iowa
A single artist is behind these large-scale models made of hundreds of thousands of two-inch wooden matchsticks.
Clear Lake, Iowa
A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.
Hastings, Nebraska
The home for all things Kool-Aid offers everything except a chance to actually enjoy the drink.
Kearney, Nebraska
A museum chronicling pioneer life constructed over Interstate 80.
Ransom, Kansas
This 100-foot tall bluff located in the western plains of Kansas overlooks a massive reservoir.
Lincoln, Nebraska
Home to the world's largest quilt collection dating from the 1600s through today.
Muscotah, Kansas
This unfinished tribute to a hometown hero and early baseball great is now an abandoned roadside attraction.
Topeka, Kansas
See the motorcycles that launched the stuntman to fame and the gear that saved his life.
Atchison, Kansas
The first home of the doomed aviator Amelia Earhart.
St. Joseph, Missouri
The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.
Monroeville, Alabama
An Alabama courtroom where two famous American authors played as children became the setting for a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
Miami, Florida
This post-war motel embodies a little-known, Miami-born architectural style.
Twin Falls, Idaho
Where the famed daredevil attempted to launch himself across a canyon in a custom-built rocket.
Klamath County, Oregon
The victims of a free-floating Japanese bombing during WWII are remembered by this stone monument.
Jordan Valley, Oregon
A ghost town in a remote corner of Oregon hosts a touching tribute to Sacagawea’s son.
Rebel Creek, Nevada
An unusual waterfall in the Santa Rosa Range, within the Great Basin of Nevada.
Vancouver, British Columbia
A mysterious sculpture is hidden in Vancouver's Stanley Park.
Whittier, Alaska
The ruins of a town wiped out by the second-largest earthquake in recorded history.
Anchorage, Alaska
Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.
Casey, Illinois
The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.