A single artist is behind these large-scale models made of hundreds of thousands of two-inch wooden matchsticks.

The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.

Grant Wood painted some of his most famous works of art at this studio.

One of just a few cities in the world to base their center of government on an island. Others: Paris and Osaka.

This 16-foot-diameter wooden coin has been standing in Iowa City since 2006.

The oldest university museum west of the Mississippi retains its 19th century feel.

While there are no actual snakes in the history of this crooked road, there may be a number of dead horses.

A mythical bird etched into the face of a rock doubles as the mascot for a nearby school.

One of America's first planned communities is preserved in a state park.

This Kansas City studio was home to Walt Disney's first animation business.

The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.

The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.

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

A museum chronicling pioneer life constructed over Interstate 80.

This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.

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

The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.

Lone survivor from Custer's Last Stand forever preserved.

This sacred space and gathering spot for the Wyandot Nation has been the surrounded by controversy and confusion.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

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

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

The famous greeting card maker owns a collection of paintings by the famed surrealist.