Center filled with hands-on displays served as a tribute to several astronauts with connections to the state.

Covered in tens of thousands of coats of paint, this Indiana attraction holds a world record all its own.

Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.

The famous Beatle secretly visited this Illinois town several times to visit his sister.

Both funky and traditional, it's the oldest of its kind in Indiana.

The last remaining tollhouse in Michigan built during the 19th-century plank road craze.

Thousands of small machines line the shelves of this personal collection which definitely delivers on its name.

The Quapaw tribe supplies the meat and produce in this Oklahoma casino restaurant.

A mysterious light of unknown origin on the backroads of Missouri.

A small museum dedicated to the whimsical tool that turns sugar cookies into works of art.

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

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

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

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

Perched atop a brick smokestack, this enormous lug nut symbolizes the local minor league baseball team.

Along this stretch of Indiana roadway resides a giant insect composed entirely of scrap metal.

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

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

The world's only bushplane museum captures the spirit of the early planes and pilots and their contributions to northern life in Canada.

Even with only two residents and one building, this tiny Illinois town is famous for its burgers.

The humble Hoosier roots of a famed Broadway composer.

Largest magic museum in the United States with more than half a million pieces of memorabilia.

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.