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Bonner Springs, Kansas

Barbed Wire Collection

Hundreds of samples of "Devil's Rope" hide in a defunct vintage elevator.

Added by cmlee2164

Garden City, Kansas

World's Largest Hairball

The 55-pound trichobezoar was removed from the stomach of a cow.

Okie Doke

Added by Okie Doke

Wichita, Kansas

Original Pizza Hut

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

emmypimms

Added by emmypimms

Great Mural Wall of Topeka

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

Added by dloewenstein

Jim Dickerman's Open Range Zoo

A Kansas grassroots sculptor decorates the local roadways with his sculptures made from found objects.

Added by mercedaiz

Wichita, Kansas

Keeper of the Plains

The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.

brownjessd

Added by brownjessd

Ashland, Kansas

St. Jacob's Well

Stories of sightless fish and ghostly cowboys are only a fraction of the legends surrounding this Kansas sinkhole.

Dylan

Kansas City, Kansas

Jones Bar-B-Q Vending Machine

Why settle for barbecue chips when you can get actual barbecue?

jdbender

Added by jdbender

West Mineral, Kansas

Big Brutus

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

Added by michaelmecseri

Manhattan, Kansas

Konza Prairie

A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.

Added by lucasstrittmatter

World's Largest Czech Egg

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

Added by taylor8793

Cawker City, Kansas

World's Largest Ball of Twine

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

kcmick

Added by kcmick

The Garden of Eden

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

Wamego LSD Missile Silo

During the 1990's nearly all of the world's LSD is thought to have come from the operators of the lab once located in this missile silo.

Added by DoctorMoog42

Greensburg, Kansas

The Big Well

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

Dylan

Goodland, Kansas

Giant Van Gogh Painting

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

alyssriches

Added by alyssriches

Truckhenge

These elevated trucks were put in place as a middle finger to The Man, but are now considered folk art.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Estes Park, Colorado

Frozen Dead Guy Days

An annual festival celebrating Colorado's most famous frozen corpse.

Leslie McIntyre

Added by Leslie McIntyre

Red Feather Lakes, Colorado

Great Stupa of Dharmakaya

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.

Added by tglinsley

Durango, Colorado

Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

Added by syabek

Bailey, Colorado

The Sasquatch Outpost

A museum dedicated to the mysterious cryptid.

LongDayswithJenny

Added by LongDayswithJenny

Manitou Springs, Colorado

Emma Crawford Coffin Race

A lively annual event in which thousands of people race to push coffins heavy with bodies up a hill.

Central City, Colorado

Ghost Town Disc Golf

Toss a Frisbee through the ruins of this Colorado gold mining town.

Anthony Settipani

Added by Anthony Settipani

Trinidad, Colorado

Art Cartopia Museum

A roadside attraction filled with an astounding array of gloriously wacky vehicles.

Added by rodneywood51