The remains of a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp dot a windswept Colorado hill.

Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.

A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

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

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

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

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

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

A house turned museum is the real-life "home" of the fictional main character of The Wizard of Oz.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

This highway overpass was named after the tragic disappearance of a young mother who got mixed up with the wrong people.

The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.

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

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

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.

The iconic remains of the original Academic Hall that burned down in 1892.

Curious rock formations in a tiny Kansas state park.

Journey up the capitol building's cupola for an amazing view of Topeka.