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Blue Sky Sculpture

Newton, Kansas

'Blue Sky Sculpture'

This vivid painted ceramic sculpture evokes the expansiveness of the prairie sky.

Saint Joseph The Woodworker Shrine

Valley Falls, Kansas

Saint Joseph the Woodworker Shrine

A steeple that now houses a small church.

El SueƱo Original

Wichita, Kansas

'El SueƱo Original'

The largest mural in the world painted by a single artist.

Buffalo Soldiers Monument

Junction City, Kansas

Buffalo Soldiers Monument

A monument celebrating the Black soldiers of the 9th and 10th Cavalry.

World's Largest Souvenir Travel Plate

Lucas, Kansas

World's Largest Souvenir Travel Plate

Kansas's Grassroots Art Capital welcomes visitors to Lucas through its very own World's Largest Thing.

The Center of Google Earth mural in Chanute, Kansas.

Chanute, Kansas

Center of Google Earth Mural

A Google software engineer's Easter egg led to what may be the world's most unusual saved screenshot.

The World's Largest Baseball, located in Muscotah, Kansas.

Muscotah, Kansas

World's Largest Baseball

This unfinished tribute to a hometown hero and early baseball great is now an abandoned roadside attraction.

'Personnages Oiseaux'

Wichita, Kansas

'Personnages Oiseaux'

Created by Catalan artist Joan Miró in 1978 and made up of 350,000 tiles, this mural is the only large-scale glass mosaic the artist ever created.

Davis Memorial

Hiawatha, Kansas

Davis Memorial

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

The falls on an average day.

Elm Creek, Kansas

Alcove Springs

One of the stops along the fateful journey of the Donner Party.

Glenn Stark Park

Kingman, Kansas

Glenn Stark Park

This roadside park filled with unusual statues is on the grounds of an abandoned railway station.

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Erie, Kansas

Erie Dinosaur Park

A Jurassic artscape composed of transmission casings and other mechanical parts.

The Village
Permanently Closed

Wichita, Kansas

The Village

After retiring, Gary Pendergrass turned his yard into a wonderland of outsider art.

Whole Wall Mural

Concordia, Kansas

Whole Wall Mural

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

The Sculptures of M.T. Liggett

Mullinville, Kansas

The Sculptures of M.T. Liggett

Metal sculpture folk art lining the Kansas Highway.

A sign at the museum proclaims La Crosse to be the "Barbed Wire Capital of the World."

La Crosse, Kansas

Kansas Barbed Wire Museum

A museum documents the development of the invention that tamed the Wild West.

They Also Ran Gallery

Norton, Kansas

They Also Ran Gallery

A unique gallery chronicles the losers of American presidential history.

World's Largest Hairball.

Garden City, Kansas

World's Largest Hairball

The 55-pound trichobezoar was removed from the stomach of a cow.

View to the east.

Ransom, Kansas

Cedar Bluff Reservoir

This 100-foot tall bluff located in the western plains of Kansas overlooks a massive reservoir.

Buffalo Bill Monument

Oakley, Kansas

Buffalo Bill Monument

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

Eyegore's Odditorium and Monster Museum

Cawker City, Kansas

Eyegore's Curiosities and Monster Museum

Enjoy a tour of oddities and makeshift monsters at this souvenir store with an offbeat sense of humor.

The Great Mural Wall of Topeka.

Topeka, Kansas

Great Mural Wall of Topeka

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

Huron Indian Cemetery

Kansas City, Kansas

Huron Indian Cemetery

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

Tank and seat

Lucas, Kansas

Bowl Plaza

This artsy public restroom is shaped like a giant john.

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