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

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

How did the front of a supersonic jet make its way to a display case in a Kansas City yard?

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

After retiring, Gary Pendergrass turned his yard into a wonderland of outsider art.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

This sacred space and gathering spot for the Wyandot Nation has been the surrounded by controversy and confusion.

The ruins of a 19th century shelter run by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.

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

One of the Leiden's oldest pubs is also the birthplace of the Heineken star.

Once a slice of Cold War-era military history, this museum is finding its future in the stars.

A striking lighthouse with views of the Gulf of Mexico and of a military air show.

From a canyon-like gorge, more than 20 million gallons of water emerge every day, while a smaller spring drips down, creating the illusion of an endless, gentle waterfall.

A massive museum preserving the United States culture and the home of Abraham Lincoln's sleigh.

Three historic trains run on a half-mile track that features a tunnel.

The only remaining Cold War–era Minuteman II missile control center in Missouri.

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

This art deco masterpiece was once a miracle spring mecca but is now simply a government office building.

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

This unconventional used book store was once in the news for the surprising act of burning books.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.

A monument celebrating the Black soldiers of the 9th and 10th Cavalry.