This historical marker is all that remains of Octagon City, Kansas, a failed vegetarian utopia.

Meet Rita the Rock Planter, one of Danish sculptor Thomas Dambo's enormous wooden trolls.

Soak in the soul of Kansas City at the oldest continually-operating jazz club in the country.

Savor the famous tempura-fried pork tenderloin sandwich at this long-standing Kansas City food counter.

The Milburn-Price Culture Museum in Vega offers a brand-name oversized cultural attraction.

The largest underground pedestrian tunnel system in the U.S. mostly caters to the people working in the offices above, but provides a great, air-conditioned way to traverse the city.

This historic Ellinwood hotel is also home to underground tunnels that were a popular haunt during Prohibition.

This unfinished tribute to a hometown hero and early baseball great is now an abandoned roadside attraction.

This depiction of the earth mother welcomes new life into Aurora Highlands.

Before he was the "Big Train," baseball's greatest pitcher was the original "Humboldt Thunderbolt."

The van that carried William Least-Heat Moon through the journey documented in the book 'Blue Highways' sits in the Mizzou archeological museum's storage.

See the home and the range on which "Home on the Range" was arranged.

A park to honor all U.S. Armed Forces veterans, and Emporia's status as the founding city of Veterans Day.

A series of silhouettes that recall the great cattle drives of the 19th-century.

This alpine statue of Jesus in Silverton is said to protect both miners and local economies.

Winter and summer solstice aligned sculpture in the middle of nowhere.

This 1950s-era nostalgic roadside New Mexico attraction consists of a quirky curio store and museum embedded into the face of a cave.

The neighborhood surrounding the memorial was the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic in Louisiana.

This replica oil derrick stands where a tiny Kansas town struck big in 1852, kicking off America's biggest oil boom.

This vivid painted ceramic sculpture evokes the expansiveness of the prairie sky.

This rural museum is home to more than 50 local desert reptiles and the world's largest snake bite kit collection.

Explore the cabin where the famed abolitionist once lived and the site where he fought the Battle of Osawatomie.

One of the oldest continuously operating amusement parks in the U.S. is an open-air museum of Art Deco and neon lights.

This classic Kansas City song reference is the place for anyone who wants to stand at the corner of 12th Street and Vine.