Eight "Guardians of Health" protect this art deco water tower from pollutants and bacteria.

Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.

A whimsical sensor instrument for Minneapolitans to play on their walks to work.

A fence constructed completely of skis on Monroe Street.

A palatial art deco restroom.

Downtown Minneapolis mixed art and function by turning some of their sewer covers into works of art.

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When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

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

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

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

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

Topeka has its own great wall, and it's covered in colorful images from the city's history.

Metal sculpture folk art lining the Kansas Highway.

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

Lone survivor from Custer's Last Stand forever preserved.

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

A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.

The first home of the doomed aviatrix Amelia Earhart.

Curious rock formations in a tiny Kansas state park.

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

The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.