Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

This small museum contains fossils from an era when Kansas was underwater.

Once an ancient sea, this landscape of rocky ravines is filled with the fossils of ancient marine life.

The ruins of the northernmost pueblo in the Americas tell the story of a mixing of native cultures.

Also known as the Cathedral of the Plains, this church holds the distinction of being one of the "8 Wonders of Kansas."

This lesser-known geographic marker was the reference point for all surveys of the continent for 75 years.

Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.

This old-school soda shop is the home of the Tin Roof Sundae, a concoction dripping in chocolate, marshmallow, and peanuts.

Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.

You can stand in three U.S. states at once.

When life gave this firefighter a forest fire, he made a rough-hewn sculpture park using a chainsaw.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

From a T-rex to a teapot, a cast of artificial fossils illustrates New Mexico's history.

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

This sculpture perfectly models the molecular structure of a drug that was never produced.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.

Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.

Once a year, the ruins of an ancient village come alive with hundreds of glowing farolitos.

The 7,000-year-old calcium carbonate formation creates a magnificent natural bridge.