Enjoy a tour of oddities and makeshift monsters at this souvenir store with an offbeat sense of humor.

This museum houses artifacts from American adventurers and filmmakers Martin and Osa Johnson.

The oldest house in Lindsborg, Kansas, includes some fascinating inscriptions.

This tiny old water tower once doubled as a makeshift jail.

This 100-foot tall bluff located in the western plains of Kansas overlooks a massive reservoir.

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

This 41,000-acre wetland complex is the largest marsh in the interior of the United States.

These otherworldly limestone formations jut out from the Kansas prairie.

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

Stories of sightless fish and ghostly cowboys are only a fraction of the legends surrounding this Kansas sinkhole.

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

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

The quirky collection includes treasures like Elvis' underwear, Bob Barker's toothbrush, and hundreds of sock monkeys.

Self-built house and sculpture park where the creator can still be seen in a glass coffin.

The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.

Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

An oil baron's wild paradise and the winner of an ill-fated air race.