A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

A Mormon place of exile in Missouri.

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

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.

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

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

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

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

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

Behind the Cowboy Hall of Fame is a burial ground for good horses and a famed rodeo bull.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

An oil baron's wild paradise and the winner of an ill-fated air race.