Minneapolis, Kansas
Rock City
A landscape of massive spherical boulders are the main attraction in this Kansas State Park.
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Minneapolis, Kansas
A landscape of massive spherical boulders are the main attraction in this Kansas State Park.
St. Louis, Missouri
This is not your typical jungle gym.
Pueblo, Colorado
This memorial pays homage to Pueblo's four Medal of Honor recipients.
Pueblo, Colorado
This historic stone barn is the former home of legendary cattleman Charles “Lonesome Dove” Goodnight.
Pueblo, Colorado
A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.
Riverside, Iowa
A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.
Oregon, Illinois
This monolithic statue was erected in honor of Chief Black Hawk (even if it wasn't made to look like him).
Walcott, Iowa
The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.
Sullivan, Missouri
400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.
Lemont, Illinois
This former nursery supplied plants for the creation of Chicago's largest park.
Cañon City, Colorado
The site of the "Bone Wars" between two rival paleontologists during the dinosaur rush of the 19th century.
Rye, Colorado
The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.
Audubon, Iowa
The World's Largest Bull.
Elk Horn, Iowa
In rural Iowa, an imported 19th-century windmill overlooks an unlikely enclave of Danish culture.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.
Denver, Colorado
This sidewalk tribute honors Colorado's great culinary creation.
Niles, Illinois
Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.
Ferrara di Monte Baldo, Italy
This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.
Shumen, Bulgaria
This massive concrete sculpture is said to be the heaviest communist monument on Earth.
Hurricane, Utah
A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.
Utah
The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.
Hutchinson, Kansas
The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.
Goodland, Kansas
Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
One of the largest aviation events in the world brings half a million aircraft enthusiasts to Wisconsin each year.