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

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

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

The Magic House provides a beautiful and creative environment for curious youngsters to get their knowledge on.

A tiny town’s tiny museum with some gigantic residents.

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.

A museum where visitors can learn about greyhounds and (more importantly) pet them.

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

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

Lone survivor from Custer's Last Stand forever preserved.

Step back in time at this 1950s display home, built to showcase once cutting-edge electric amenities.

The first home of the doomed aviatrix Amelia Earhart.