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

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

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

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

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

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

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

The obelisk meant to mark the founding father's grave at Monticello is actually on the University of Missouri campus.

The iconic remains of the original Academic Hall that burned down in 1892.

Come for the heirloom-corn whiskey, stay for the wood hats.

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.

In an alley not far from where two great highways meet, byways of a very different sort are honored.

Just outside the Ohio Supreme Court sits a testament to justice.

A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.

In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

This Art Deco service station has been providing tune-ups and turning heads for close to a century.

Built in the 1970s, this curious modular home found new life as a sundae-shaped ice cream stand.

A giant lumpy candle serves as a beacon for this highly scented pit stop.

A 6,888-carat piece of turquoise that bears a striking resemblance to the first President of the United States.

A flat-topped butte that makes a constant backdrop for Western art.

This small piece of railroad history sits behind the parking lot of a chain grocery store.