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

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

This unconventional used book store was once in the news for the surprising act of burning books.

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

The Magic House provides a beautiful and creative environment for curious youngsters to get their knowledge on.

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

The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

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

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

This sculpture by a local artist is designed to celebrate the first day of each new season.

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

An artistically engineered dam designed to honor the relationship between humankind and nature.

A meticulously restored Wichita home designed by the most renowned American architect of the 20th century.

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

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.

Journey up the capitol building's cupola for an amazing view of Topeka.

The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

Curious rock formations in a tiny Kansas state park.

A mysterious and terrifying public art goblin seemingly meant to inspire local legend.

A landscape of massive spherical boulders are the main attraction in this Kansas State Park.

Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.