Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

These otherworldly limestone formations jut out from the Kansas prairie.

Topeka has its own great wall, and it's covered in colorful images from the city's history.

A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.

A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.

Curious rock formations in a tiny Kansas state park.

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

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

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

The abandoned remnants of a little sanctuary for world peace that fell into disrepair.

These experimental weapons brought World War II to Nebraska as well as 26 other U.S. states.

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

A devilishly named gorge that was a sign of salvation for many pioneers.

This town is home to the world’s largest arch constructed entirely of elk antlers.