Places peakles kcmo Wants to Go

A brick-paved former section of the historic coast-to-coast highway.

The two-cell building in Nebraska was briefly owned by a teenage boy and then a Hollywood dummy.

The home for all things Kool-Aid offers everything except a chance to actually enjoy the drink.

America's smallest town is run by its single citizen/mayor/librarian/bartender.

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

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

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

This stately clubhouse has showcased German-American culture for over a century.

A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.

At the largest railway museum in the United States, you can see everything from an early steam engine to a functioning Thomas the Tank Engine.

The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.

The only place in America where anyone who wants can shovel coal aboard an antique train.

In a grove of fast growing walnut trees outside Paris, Illinois, a marker shares the story of a fictional road building culture.

The clothes-washing king doubles as a community center with some unusual features, including an aviary filled with finches.

This Mediterranean castle was built for a millionaire and his giant dog.

Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.

Most comprehensive museum in America devoted to one ethnic group.

The “American Gothic" artist's largest works hang in an Iowa State University library.

A small burial plot formerly stranded in the middle of a road.