Prairie Village, Kansas
Lawrin Gravesite
A tiny racehorse graveyard in the middle of a quiet Kansas City suburb.
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Prairie Village, Kansas
A tiny racehorse graveyard in the middle of a quiet Kansas City suburb.
Meadville, Missouri
The longest of the four remaining covered bridges in Missouri.
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri
Step inside one of America’s rare poteaux-en-terre French houses.
Topeka, Kansas
A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.
Chicago, Illinois
Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.
Imperial, Missouri
More than 12,000 years ago, this park was a playground for mastodons.
Alton, Illinois
The owners of this Victorian-era estate say it’s still visited by the spirits of long-gone residents.
Kansas City, Missouri
Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.
Kansas City, Missouri
The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.
Sedalia, Missouri
This historic cliffside mansion uses a natural cave for air conditioning.
Kansas City, Missouri
Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.
Eureka, Missouri
This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.
New Florence, Missouri
Come for the heirloom-corn whiskey, stay for the wood hats.
Excelsior Springs, Missouri
This art deco masterpiece was once a miracle spring mecca but is now simply a government office building.
Sauget, Illinois
In a historic steel foundry east of the Mississippi River, thousands of wooden crates hold the architectural remnants of buildings long gone but not forgotten.
Kansas City, Missouri
The crumbling remains of the first Black-owned and operated hospital in Kansas City.
Kansas City, Missouri
This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.
Kansas City, Missouri
Soak in the soul of Kansas City at the oldest continually-operating jazz club in the country.
Kansas City, Missouri
This classic Kansas City song reference is the place for anyone who wants to stand at the corner of 12th Street and Vine.
Bloomington, Illinois
The carved remains of a 200-year-old oak tree memorialize the namesake of the iconic "Wizard of Oz" character.
Lincoln, Illinois
The world's largest covered wagon is piloted by a giant Lincoln lawyer.
Lincoln, Illinois
Today this bizarre rooftop phone booth seems like a piece of kitsch but it was once used to spot disastrous storms.
Springfield, Illinois
This diner serves Route 66 nostalgia and what it claims is the 'original' hot dog on a stick.
Kansas City, Kansas
This sacred space and gathering spot for the Wyandot Nation has been the surrounded by controversy and confusion.