The "birthplace of insulin," where Sir Frederick Banting realized the hormone could save the lives of Type 1 diabetics.

The world’s oldest baseball field had to fight to earn its record.

This mechanical wonder towers above a river in Michigan's capital city.

Perched atop a brick smokestack, this enormous lug nut symbolizes the local minor league baseball team.

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

Abraham Lincoln's likeness rests at the top of this giant totem pole.

Piled high inside this warehouse and coffee shop are salvaged goods that span every corner of the globe.

The headquarters of the prestigious World Food Prize celebrates the heroes in the fight against hunger, has no cafeteria.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

The “American Gothic" artist's largest works hang in an Iowa State University library.

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

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

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

This massive Art Deco-inspired mural was the world's largest augmented reality artwork at the time of its completion.

In Tulsa's Oil Capital historic district, even the bus station is "fauxback" Art Deco.

The "world’s largest honky-tonk" also has its own indoor rodeo arena.

This ostentatious Italianate palace of an Oklahoma billionaire is filled with several themed mini-museums.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

This giant mimetic milk bottle has encouraged Route 66 travelers to choose dairy since 1948.

An indoor botanical garden for tropical plants looks like a giant cylinder lying on its side.

Travel through the hidden underbelly of the city in colorful tunnels filled with art and history exhibits.