A series of silhouettes that recall the great cattle drives of the 19th-century.

A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.

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

Also known as the Cathedral of the Plains, this church holds the distinction of being one of the "8 Wonders of Kansas."

The first graveyard named "Boot Hill" was established in Hays, Kansas, years before better known cemeteries with the same name.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

This small, independent museum documents the unique culture of Deaf people in the United States.

An artistically engineered dam designed to honor the relationship between humankind and nature.

The first home of the doomed aviator Amelia Earhart.

This massive marble memorial was built bit by bit either out of devotion or spite, but at the expense of the surrounding town.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

A eclectic collection of military memorabilia.

This beloved American snack was conceived by a hungry coal miner.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

Florida’s half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Wall.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

This restaurant's specialty is "a major enigma for food historians."

Legend has it that Bishop Oliver King dreamed of angels ascending to heaven and ordered the church's reconstruction in the late 1400s

This humble structure is one of Bath’s few surviving medieval relics