Created by Catalan artist Joan Miró in 1978 and made up of 350,000 tiles, this mural is the only large-scale glass mosaic the artist ever created.

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

Undone by Prohibition, this abandoned brewery-turned-flour mill is now ready for its third act.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

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

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

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

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

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 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.

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

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.