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.

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

A unique gallery chronicles the losers of American presidential history.

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

A museum documents the development of the invention that tamed the Wild West.

A statue high in a hill that represents how Buffalo Bill got his name.

A college in rural Kansas founded to prepare the country for an impending World War III.

The holiday spirit lingers year-round in the "Christmas City of the High Plains."

These otherworldly limestone formations jut out from the Kansas prairie.

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

The oldest purpose-built cinema still in operation also houses a museum of movie memorabilia.

Lone survivor from Custer's Last Stand forever preserved.

Topeka has its own great wall, and it's covered in colorful images from the city's history.

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

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

The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.

A Kansas grassroots sculptor decorates the local roadways with his sculptures made from found objects.

This Wild West attraction is probably more fiction than history, but that doesn't mean it's not awesome.

See the motorcycles that launched the stuntman to fame and the gear that saved his life.

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

A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.

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