Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.

Over 600 acres of idyllic open grassland honor Nebraska’s georgic storyteller.

Inside this magical collection, you can buy recipes cooked up by church ladies, motorcycle clubs, and clowns.

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

A museum chronicling pioneer life constructed over Interstate 80.

This was the first homestead registered after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law.

Whimsical cartoon cars suspended on posts soar over an automotive shop.

The home for all things Kool-Aid offers everything except a chance to actually enjoy the drink.

The two-cell building in Nebraska was briefly owned by a teenage boy and then a Hollywood dummy.

This little gem of a museum is a hidden jewel filled with prehistoric treasures.

An ornate Art Deco tile mosaic representing Nebraskan life, both modern and prehistoric.

Four ionic columns from the Treasury Department building ended up in a park in Nebraska.

Underneath downtown Lincoln resides a network of caves that was also the city's first brewery.

The largest collection of historical roller skates in the world.

Home to the world's largest quilt collection dating from the 1600s through today.