This building at the south end of the boardwalk was once home to the U.S. Life-Saving Service and the U.S. Coast Guard before being rescued itself.

One of the oldest active carousels in the country—but it might be missed by all but the keenest-eyed boardwalk strollers.

The first neighborhood to implement the Garden City model in its suburban planning.

The only remaining piece of hull of the most decorated US ship of WWII is this giant name plate.

This derelict building used to house infirm Freemasons, their widows, and orphans.

A whimsical monument deep in this park commemorates the groups that helped build it.

Said to be haunted, this tower was constructed by a sugar importer as a gift to his wife.

This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.

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

A Google software engineer's Easter egg led to what may be the world's most unusual saved screenshot.

The oldest purpose-built cinema still in operation also houses a museum of movie memorabilia.

This unfinished tribute to a hometown hero and early baseball great is now an abandoned roadside attraction.

Home to the world's largest quilt collection dating from the 1600s through today.

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

This museum started by a curious collector is now a place for believers and skeptics alike.

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

This roadside park filled with unusual statues is on the grounds of an abandoned railway station.

This vivid painted ceramic sculpture evokes the expansiveness of the prairie sky.

Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.

A unique blue and yellow phone booth in America's "Little Sweden."

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

A 20-foot-tall egg painted in a traditional Czech patterns by the Czech community in Wilson, Kansas.

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

The longest staircase lock in Britain.