Great Bend, Kansas
Cheyenne Bottoms
This 41,000-acre wetland complex is the largest marsh in the interior of the United States.
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Great Bend, Kansas
This 41,000-acre wetland complex is the largest marsh in the interior of the United States.
Lucas, Kansas
This artsy public restroom is shaped like a giant john.
Quinter, Kansas
These otherworldly limestone formations jut out from the Kansas prairie.
Junction City, Kansas
A cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.
WaKeeney, Kansas
The holiday spirit lingers year-round in the "Christmas City of the High Plains."
Denver, Colorado
Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.
Littleton, Colorado
The final resting place of a 19th-century gold prospector and convicted cannibal.
Castle Rock, Colorado
The remains of the dam that unleashed a 15-foot wall of water on Denver.
Calhan, Colorado
Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.
Wray, Colorado
The site of a minor battle might have been forgotten if not for one participant’s famous family and the death of a respected warrior.
Lindon, Colorado
A tiny nondenominational church harkens back to the days of the first homesteaders in the region.
Denver, Colorado
In a small Japanese garden off a busy Denver street, a memorial to a brave, principled politician.
Denver, Colorado
In a dry, neglected cemetery lies the unassuming grave of a soldier vilified in life but celebrated in death.
Denver, Colorado
An innovative local park built from an abandoned sewage treatment plant.
Denver, Colorado
This Chinese-style quartz sundial was saved in its final hour.
Denver, Colorado
This was once the home of Gahan's Saloon, Denver's most storied speakeasy.
Denver, Colorado
The oldest operating cemetery in Denver is the eternal home of some of the Centennial State's most famous residents.
Denver, Colorado
A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.
St. Louis, Missouri
A floating museum that was sunk by a flood and left to rot in the tides.
New York, New York
An extensive collection of fine art devoted to man's best friend.
Washington, Missouri
This museum located in the "Corn Cob Pipe Capital of the World," chronicles the history of cob pipe.
Jefferson City, Missouri
This museum presents a dogged pursuit of 500 years of veterinary history.
Kirksville, Missouri
A museum devoted to osteopathy and its creator, Andrew Still.
Knob Noster, Missouri
The only remaining Cold War–era Minuteman II missile control center in Missouri.