Places dshimizu Wants to Go

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.

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

A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

The crumbling remains of the first Black-owned and operated hospital in Kansas City.

Soak in the soul of Kansas City at the oldest continually-operating jazz club in the country.

Bone marrow-loaded birria with handmade corn tortillas—need we say more?

Feast on award-winning birria tacos from a food truck inside this neon robo-tiki bar.

Visitors to this arboretum are greeted by three smiling giants crafted from sustainable materials.

The world's longest known cave system.

Once one of the most polluted caves in America, now an environmental success story and a museum dedicated to caves.

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

Amazing taxidermy dioramas from the 1960s in a cement building meant to look like an ice cave.

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

A former 19th-century tavern, famous for its peach brandy and honey concoction.

Hiding behind a grocery store is a spectacular cavern carved as part of an old limestone quarry.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

Dinosaurs invade a suburban Nashville neighborhood.

The first full-scale tunnel built in America is short but scenic.

This large cave is a summer home to thousands of bats and has a rich history dating back to prehistoric times.