Picher, Oklahoma
Picher
This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.
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Picher, Oklahoma
This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.
Jefferson City, Missouri
Destroyed by flood waters, prison now serves as a training ground for armed forces.
Carthage, Missouri
An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.
Kirksville, Missouri
Another in a long tradition of legends regarding infernal seats.
Kirksville, Missouri
A museum devoted to osteopathy and its creator, Andrew Still.
Columbia, Missouri
Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.
Abilene, Kansas
A museum where visitors can learn about greyhounds and (more importantly) pet them.
West Mineral, Kansas
The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.
Columbia, Missouri
Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.
Eureka, Kansas
A college in rural Kansas founded to prepare the country for an impending World War III.
Villisca, Iowa
This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.
Matfield Green, Kansas
Tribute to the famous Notre Dame football coach who died in a plane crash.
Junction City, Kansas
A cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.
Manhattan, Kansas
A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.
Wamego, Kansas
During the 1990's nearly all of the world's LSD is thought to have come from the operators of the lab once located in this missile silo.
Marshall, Missouri
A small town garden is dedicated to a psychic dog with the most soulful eyes.
Falls City, Nebraska
A eclectic collection of military memorabilia.
Hiawatha, Kansas
This massive marble memorial was built bit by bit either out of devotion or spite, but at the expense of the surrounding town.
Topeka, Kansas
These elevated trucks were put in place as a middle finger to The Man, but are now considered folk art.
St. Joseph, Missouri
The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.
Prairie Village, Kansas
A tiny racehorse graveyard in the middle of a quiet Kansas City suburb.
Kansas City, Missouri
The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.
Independence, Missouri
A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.
Kansas City, Kansas
This Italianate Villa-style castle is pretty to look at, just keep off the private property.