Places eksz Wants to Go

The holiday spirit lingers year-round in the "Christmas City of the High Plains."

A Kansas grassroots sculptor decorates the local roadways with his sculptures made from found objects.

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.

A cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

This Wild West attraction is probably more fiction than history, but that doesn't mean it's not awesome.

These otherworldly limestone formations jut out from the Kansas prairie.

Stories of sightless fish and ghostly cowboys are only a fraction of the legends surrounding this Kansas sinkhole.

A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.

This Italianate Villa-style castle is pretty to look at, just keep off the private property.

A 20-foot-tall egg painted in a traditional Czech patterns by the Czech community in Wilson, Kansas.

A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.

It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.

Self-built house and sculpture park where the creator can still be seen in a glass coffin.

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.

Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.

A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

What do a giraffe, an elephant, and reasonably priced steaks have in common? This roadside restaurant filled with exotic taxidermy.

Nebraska’s longest-running summer theater is a musical tribute to cowboy culture.

Storage units with a wartime past.

This old-school soda shop is the home of the Tin Roof Sundae, a concoction dripping in chocolate, marshmallow, and peanuts.