A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.

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

The site of an ancient Mississippian settlement that appears to have flourished during the 10th to 13th centuries.

This Indianapolis landmark offers a secret panoramic view of the city. 

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

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

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

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

Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."

This century-old roadside attraction is full of bizarre rock formations.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

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

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

Curious rock formations in a tiny Kansas state park.