It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.

A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.

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

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

Lone survivor from Custer's Last Stand forever preserved.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

Life-size figures portray depot attendants, train crew, and passengers frozen in time at the oldest railroad station in Arkansas.

The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.

An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.

The largest collection of historical roller skates in the world.

Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.

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

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

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

The first home of the doomed aviatrix Amelia Earhart.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

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

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

This historic toy museum brings a little whimsy to a city not usually remembered for such things.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.