Carthage, Texas
Last Remaining Boundary Marker for the Republic of Texas
The only international border marker within the United States.
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Carthage, Texas
The only international border marker within the United States.
Gibsland, Louisiana
The Louisiana sandwich shop that served Bonnie and Clyde's last meal is a museum that chronicles the criminal couple and honors the Bienville Parish lawmen who stopped their crime spree in an ambush.
Holly Grove, Arkansas
A short boardwalk through a swamp leads to the spot from which the Louisiana Purchase was surveyed.
Smith Center, Kansas
This early pioneer landmark is one of the oldest buildings in this part of Kansas and one of the few Dutch mills ever built in the state.
Glen Rose, Texas
Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.
Sumner, Missouri
This 40-foot fowl marks the so-called "wild goose capital of the world."
Liberal, Kansas
A house turned museum is the real-life "home" of the fictional main character of The Wizard of Oz.
Eminence, Missouri
It's as if the herds walked straight out of a fairy tale into the Missouri wilds.
Cawker City, Kansas
It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.
St. Joseph, Missouri
The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.
Meade, Kansas
This Wild West attraction is probably more fiction than history, but that doesn't mean it's not awesome.
Plattsburg, Missouri
The man who was president for only one day and spent most of it asleep.
Kearney, Missouri
The final resting place of the legendary outlaw.
Dallas, Texas
This sculpture of a bowler hat is complemented by a matching umbrella a few blocks away.
Dallas, Texas
This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.
Liberty, Missouri
The site of the first daylight, peacetime bank robbery by the James gang.
Kansas City, Missouri
Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.
Wamego, Kansas
During the 1990's nearly all of the world's LSD is thought to have come from the operators of the lab once located in this missile silo.
Wamego, Kansas
A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.
Abilene, Kansas
A museum where visitors can learn about greyhounds and (more importantly) pet them.
Piqua, Kansas
This rural water utility building houses a tribute to one of the greatest stars of the silent film era.
Edmond, Oklahoma
Tucked away on an empty wooded lot in suburban Oklahoma City lie the remnants of an abandoned circus camp.
Edmond, Oklahoma
A memorial to victims of the Oklahoma City bombing.
Sulphur Springs, Arkansas
These springs were once the source of a tourism boom to Sulphur Springs.