Lucas, Kansas
World's Largest Collection of Smallest Versions of Largest Things
A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.
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Lucas, Kansas
A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.
Lucas, Kansas
This artsy public restroom is shaped like a giant john.
Lucas, Kansas
Self-built house and sculpture park where the creator can still be seen in a glass coffin.
Lucas, Kansas
Kansas's Grassroots Art Capital welcomes visitors to Lucas through its very own World's Largest Thing.
Portis, Kansas
A small-town limestone memorial to a local cartoonist and to Porky Pig, his most famous subject.
Cawker City, Kansas
It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.
Osborne, Kansas
This lesser-known geographic marker was the reference point for all surveys of the continent for 75 years.
Lebanon, Kansas
Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.
Red Cloud, Nebraska
Over 600 acres of idyllic open grassland honor Nebraska’s georgic storyteller.
Wilson, Kansas
This historic railroad hotel built from Kansas limestone was once the most popular hotels for traveling salesmen in the midwest.
Wilson, Kansas
This tiny old water tower once doubled as a makeshift jail.
Wilson, Kansas
A 20-foot-tall egg painted in a traditional Czech patterns by the Czech community in Wilson, Kansas.
Hays, Kansas
The first graveyard named "Boot Hill" was established in Hays, Kansas, years before better known cemeteries with the same name.
Crow Agency, Montana
A memorial to the most decisive Native American victory of the Plains Indian War.
Guernsey, Wyoming
Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.
Laramie, Wyoming
The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.
Buford, Wyoming
A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.
Buford, Wyoming
Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.
Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming
The same security that protects our nukes accidentally protected a gentle herd of antelope.
Brooklyn, New York
This controversial statue has migrated twice in its life.
Brooklyn, New York
The painter who popularized "bulls" and "bears" as symbols for the stock market didn't get a proper headstone for over a century.
Brooklyn, New York
The Father of the Erie Canal has a magnificent grave marker that redefines the term "final resting place."
Brooklyn, New York
A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.
Brooklyn, New York
A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.