The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

A brick-paved former section of the historic coast-to-coast highway.

This simple home was the beginning of a long journey for the iconic Western film star.

Iconic red and white plaques show the creative names invented to navigate the city streets.

This incredible college library is a visual masterpiece of mosaic art. It also looks kind of like a giant boombox.

The face of the famed flier in a hillside in her hometown.

The first home of the doomed aviatrix Amelia Earhart.

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

The ruins of a 19th century shelter run by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

This sacred space and gathering spot for the Wyandot Nation has been the surrounded by controversy and confusion.

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 recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

An abandoned concrete jungle surrounded by a lush park.

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

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.

In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

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

This small town bank is very aware of its name thank you very much.

One of America's first planned communities is preserved in a state park.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

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