Places Edited by magruder

A Kansas nature preserve protecting the plants and animals that once stretched across central North America.

A subterranean haunt where wine and homemade biscottis are always on the menu.

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

A tiny racehorse graveyard in the middle of a quiet Kansas City suburb.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

Established in 1925, Kiddie Park claims to be the oldest amusement park in the U.S. - a cozy little time warp nestled in a shady corner of the modern world.

A giant granite cross remembers missionary Father Frederic Baraga, and his safe passage across an angry Lake Superior.

This simple home was the beginning of a long journey for the iconic Western film star.