The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.

Lone survivor from Custer's Last Stand forever preserved.

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

This massive marble memorial was built bit by bit either out of devotion or spite, but at the expense of the surrounding town.

The face of the famed flier in a hillside in her hometown.

The first home of the doomed aviatrix Amelia Earhart.

The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.

The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.

This quaint museum lets you take a ride on its antique carousels.

Step back in time at this 1950s display home, built to showcase once cutting-edge electric amenities.

A tiny racehorse graveyard in the middle of a quiet Kansas City suburb.

This sacred space and gathering spot for the Wyandot Nation has been the surrounded by controversy and confusion.

This Italianate Villa-style castle is pretty to look at, just keep off the private property.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

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

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.

An abandoned concrete jungle surrounded by a lush park.

A cave 150 feet beneath Kansas City is the perfect climate for growing 10,000 delicate orchids.

This mansion was made famous by its colorful cast of owners and location along the Sante Fe Trail.

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.