Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

A cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

This historic railroad hotel built from Kansas limestone was once the most popular hotels for traveling salesmen in the midwest.

This historic early-20th-century building still boasts some of its original features.

This three-dimensional brick mural is the longest of its kind in the United States.

The oldest house in Lindsborg, Kansas, includes some fascinating inscriptions.

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

Also known as the Cathedral of the Plains, this church holds the distinction of being one of the "8 Wonders of Kansas."

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

Metal sculpture folk art lining the Kansas Highway.

The face of the famed flier in a hillside in her hometown.

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

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

A unique blue and yellow phone booth in America's "Little Sweden."

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.

The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.

Stories of sightless fish and ghostly cowboys are only a fraction of the legends surrounding this Kansas sinkhole.

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

A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.

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

Curious rock formations in a tiny Kansas state park.

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