A college in rural Kansas founded to prepare the country for an impending World War III.

A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.

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

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

A museum documents the development of the invention that tamed the Wild West.

The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.

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

Cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

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

A landscape of massive spherical boulders are the main attraction in this Kansas State Park.

Curious rock formations in a tiny Kansas state park.

Self-built house and sculpture park where the creator can still be seen in a glass coffin.

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.

A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.

The world's largest wooden structure.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.

Rare karst landscape eroded from a flat seabed.

A site where “the ravages of the war are more striking…than any other place in contemporary Spain.”