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This museum houses artifacts from American adventurers and filmmakers Martin and Osa Johnson.

A whimsical tower with a spiral staircase, inspired by the Space Age and the Möbius strip.

A landscape of massive spherical boulders are the main attraction in this Kansas State Park.

This rural water utility building houses a tribute to one of the greatest stars of the silent film era.

An oil baron's wild paradise and the winner of an ill-fated air race.

This small-town museum is dedicated to the original western movie mega-star.

In this rural town square, a unique statue honors the inventor of the microchip.

This 41,000-acre wetland complex is the largest marsh in the interior of the United States.

Site of the 1926 murder trial of Ernest Burkhart who was involved in the "Reign of Terror."

Celebrating the cultural heritage of Kansas’s premier cowtown.

This historic Ellinwood hotel is also home to underground tunnels that were a popular haunt during Prohibition.

Once a giant oak that served as the region's post office.

In the aftermath of the murder of six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School, a memorial was constructed to remember all the teachers, administrators and staff who lost their lives.

This unique landscape is the only place in the world to dig for hourglass-selenite crystals.

A park to honor all U.S. Armed Forces veterans, and Emporia's status as the founding city of Veterans Day.

Curious rock formations in a tiny Kansas state park.

This rural roadside cross marks the farthest point of Coronado's expedition, and the place where the Catholic faith first came to America.

A larger-than-life monument to the overlooked women who braved Western expansion and broke down societal barriers.

This ostentatious Italianate palace of an Oklahoma billionaire is filled with several themed mini-museums.

A Kansas nature preserve protecting the plants and animals that once stretched across central North America.

This mid-19th-century dugout was once home to a Swedish family as they erected their homestead.

In the heart of Little Sweden USA, a small gallery and museum pays tribute to a Swedish-born artist who fell in love with the American landscape.

This century-old painting of a portly 10-foot-tall man spent years hidden behind plaster.

This historic early-20th-century building still boasts some of its original features.