This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

This small museum contains fossils from an era when Kansas was underwater.

A statue high in a hill that represents how Buffalo Bill got his name.

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.

This Wild West attraction is probably more fiction than history, but that doesn't mean it's not awesome.

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

A house turned museum is the real-life "home" of the fictional main character of The Wizard of Oz.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.

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

Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.

This small piece of railroad history sits behind the parking lot of a chain grocery store.

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.

The narrow mountain road that carves a path between Florence and Victor is tied to ghost towns and ghost stories.

Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.