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

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

Celebrate the history of the rich and truly misunderstood relationship between man and pigeon.

A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

Very likely the only museum in the world that celebrates the glory of the humble banjo.

Travel through the hidden underbelly of the city in colorful tunnels filled with art and history exhibits.

These experimental weapons brought World War II to Nebraska as well as 26 other U.S. states.

This massive railroad spike celebrates the 1939 premiere of the movie “Union Pacific.”

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

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

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

A museum honoring Oklahoma military service, where you can look into Hitler's mirror and see a Mickey Mouse gas mask.

Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.