A tiny racehorse graveyard in the middle of a quiet Kansas City suburb.

Savor the famous tempura-fried pork tenderloin sandwich at this long-standing Kansas City food counter.

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

A plaque recognizes "unquestionably the most widely published photograph in rural electrification history."

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

Salina's eye-catching giant mural depicting children at play is painted atop a century-old mill elevator.

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

This century-old painting of a portly 10-foot-tall man spent years hidden behind plaster.

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

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

Homestead Cemetery hold the remains of the United States' first known professional tattoo artists.

A park to honor all U.S. Armed Forces veterans, and Emporia's status as the founding city of Veterans Day.

The oldest purpose-built cinema still in operation also houses a museum of movie memorabilia.

Built in 1869, this one-room rural schoolhouse welcomes visitors to travel back to 1904 school day.

This local mascot has been a presence in the area since the 1960s.

A well-worn trail through thick woods in northern Montgomery County leads to an old schoolhouse.

A set of rowhouses built for laborers at a glass company are the last of their kind in Annapolis.

The last remains of one of the oldest and largest oak trees in the United States calls this state park home.

The only one-room schoolhouse remaining in Talbot County, Maryland.

A small ballpark on Maryland's eastern shore pays homage to its favorite son, the most fearsome home run hitter of the dead ball era.

Both the building and blades of this reconstructed 19th-century windmill can turn in a breeze.

One of the oldest active carousels in the country—but it might be missed by all but the keenest-eyed boardwalk strollers.

This building at the south end of the boardwalk was once home to the U.S. Life-Saving Service and the U.S. Coast Guard before being rescued itself.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.