Places RouteDown Wants to Go

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

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.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.

The famous greeting card maker owns a collection of paintings by the famed surrealist.

Why settle for barbecue chips when you can get actual barbecue?

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

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

A magnificent church designed by world-renowned architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

Step back in time at this 1950s display home, built to showcase once cutting-edge electric amenities.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

The Art Deco Silver Screen.

This double-arched masonry highway bridge is the only structure of its kind in Minnesota.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

This simple home was the beginning of a long journey for the iconic Western film star.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

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

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.