Topeka has its own great wall, and it's covered in colorful images from the city's history.

A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.

Lone survivor from Custer's Last Stand forever preserved.

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

A singular collection of hand-built art deco cars are held in a building with style to match.

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

This pristinely abandoned filling station on the edge of a graveyard is populated solely by unsettling mannequins.

A Mormon place of exile in Missouri.

The first artificial white water river course in North America cuts right through an Indiana city.

Four ionic columns from the Treasury Department building ended up in a park in Nebraska.

An ornate Art Deco tile mosaic representing Nebraskan life, both modern and prehistoric.

The abandoned remnants of a little sanctuary for world peace that fell into disrepair.

This tiny old water tower once doubled as a makeshift jail.

Self-built house and sculpture park where the creator can still be seen in a glass coffin.

This artsy public restroom is shaped like a giant john.

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

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

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.