Joplin, Missouri
National Cookie Cutter Historical Museum
A small museum dedicated to the whimsical tool that turns sugar cookies into works of art.
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Joplin, Missouri
A small museum dedicated to the whimsical tool that turns sugar cookies into works of art.
Columbus Junction, Iowa
A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.
Amana, Iowa
Step back in time while shopping inside this local store.
Winona, Missouri
This small turbine mill along Rocky Creek was built in 1928
Mountain View, Missouri
The largest riverfront opening cave in the Ozarks.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Take a dip in the world's largest mineral hot springs pool.
Moab, Utah
Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.
Kingman, Kansas
This roadside park filled with unusual statues is on the grounds of an abandoned railway station.
Villisca, Iowa
This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.
Durant, Oklahoma
No matter what the plaque under this massive legume says, this is not the world's largest peanut.
Pauls Valley, Oklahoma
The world's only museum devoted solely to the art and collection of action figures.
Jet, Oklahoma
This unique landscape is the only place in the world to dig for hourglass-selenite crystals.
Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.
Pinson, Tennessee
Over a dozen Native American earth mounds dating back over 2,000 years dot this Tennessee archaeological park.
Lindsborg, Kansas
Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.
Lindsborg, Kansas
This century-old painting of a portly 10-foot-tall man spent years hidden behind plaster.
Hutchinson, Kansas
Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
An indoor botanical garden for tropical plants looks like a giant cylinder lying on its side.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
This giant mimetic milk bottle has encouraged Route 66 travelers to choose dairy since 1948.
Springfield, Illinois
This diner serves Route 66 nostalgia and what it claims is the 'original' hot dog on a stick.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Celebrate the history of the rich and truly misunderstood relationship between man and pigeon.
Mountain Township, Illinois
In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.
Edmond, Oklahoma
Tucked away on an empty wooded lot in suburban Oklahoma City lie the remnants of an abandoned circus camp.