Places meltingknight Wants to Go

Otherworldly rock formations and ancient fossils abound in this unique stretch of Nebraska badlands.

Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.

A lifetime's accumulation of bric-a-brac and kitsch.

This historic church is named for abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher and the ruse to arm his fellow abolitionists.

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

The 55-pound trichobezoar was removed from the stomach of a cow.

This artsy public restroom is shaped like a giant john.

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

A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.

Lone survivor from Custer's Last Stand forever preserved.

A Kansas grassroots sculptor decorates the local roadways with his sculptures made from found objects.

A museum where visitors can learn about greyhounds and (more importantly) pet them.

A 20-foot-tall egg painted in a traditional Czech patterns by the Czech community in Wilson, Kansas.

When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.

A statue high in a hill that represents how Buffalo Bill got his name.

A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.

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

During the 1990's nearly all of the world's LSD is thought to have come from the operators of the lab once located in this missile silo.

A landscape of massive spherical boulders are the main attraction in this Kansas State Park.

A cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.

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

These elevated trucks were put in place as a middle finger to The Man, but are now considered folk art.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.