This statue is an ode to an iconic roadside advertisement popularized during the 1970s.

Home of mutant livestock.

Cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

This massive marble memorial was built bit by bit either out of devotion or spite, but at the expense of the surrounding town.

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

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

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

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

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

Metal sculpture folk art lining the Kansas Highway.

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

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

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

Step back in time at this 1950s display home, built to showcase once cutting-edge electric amenities.

Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.

A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

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

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.

A unique blue and yellow phone booth in America's "Little Sweden."

This mid-19th-century dugout was once home to a Swedish family as they erected their homestead.

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

The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.

During the 1990's nearly all of the world's LSD is thought to have come from the operators of the lab once located in this missile silo.