The face of the famed flier in a hillside in her hometown.

The first home of the doomed aviator Amelia Earhart.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

The ruins of a 19th century shelter run by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

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

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.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

An abandoned concrete jungle surrounded by a lush park.

Undone by Prohibition, this abandoned brewery-turned-flour mill is now ready for its third act.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.

In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

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

This small town bank is very aware of its name thank you very much.

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

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

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

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”