This Kansas City studio was home to Walt Disney's first animation business.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.

A Mormon place of exile in Missouri.

One man's unrequited love stands in a glass box forever.

The only remaining Cold War–era Minuteman II missile control center in Missouri.

The famous greeting card maker owns a collection of paintings by the famed surrealist.

A wax effigy of St. Valentine hides one of the saint's relics.

One of America's first planned communities is preserved in a state park.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

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

The crumbling remains of the first Black-owned and operated hospital in Kansas City.

Famous church recognized for both its unique design and disciplined monks that live according to the Benedictine discipline.

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

A celebration of the animation wizard's childhood home and antique railroad memorabilia collection.

One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.

Thousands of small machines line the shelves of this personal collection which definitely delivers on its name.

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

This art deco masterpiece was once a miracle spring mecca but is now simply a government office building.

A sculpture of a giant man escaping from the depths of the Earth.

Who said a biker bar is no place for a taxidermy squirrel collection?

University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.

The man who was president for only one day and spent most of it asleep.

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.