Metal sculpture folk art lining the Kansas Highway.

A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.

Before he was the "Big Train," baseball's greatest pitcher was the original "Humboldt Thunderbolt."

An epic statue dedicated to the memory of the 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments of the U.S. Army

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

This classic Kansas City song reference is the place for anyone who wants to stand at the corner of 12th Street and Vine.

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

The life of one of America's pre-eminent painters is frozen in time in the home where he lived, worked, and died.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

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

This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.

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

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

Over 600 vacuum cleaners stack the shelves of what may be the cleanest museum in America.

The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

In Edwin Hubble's hometown, a scale model of the groundbreaking telescope that was named in his honor.

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

This mill has survived a tumultuous past to still produce flour and cornmeal.

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.