This bright yellow building is packed with sweet treats from all around the world, from chocolate-covered crickets to whoopie pies.

This water tower has been a staple of the Rochester skyline since 1931.

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

The last location where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson played before their tragic deaths.

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.

Hidden in the grounds of the Fort Dodge Museum is a "real" and terrifying petrified giant.

Piled high inside this warehouse and coffee shop are salvaged goods that span every corner of the globe.

Millions of dollars worth of sculpture decorate this Iowa city center.

The “American Gothic" artist's largest works hang in an Iowa State University library.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

The notorious couple camped at this site after a bloody shootout with police.

The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.

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

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

A vineyard devoted entirely to an unexplored flavor frontier.

The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.

Outside the Missouri Quilt Museum, this large spool has more than one million yards of thread—and counting.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

A magnificent church designed by world-renowned architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

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