A rare wayfinding portmanteau of “Street” and “Avenue.”

Savor the famous tempura-fried pork tenderloin sandwich at this long-standing Kansas City food counter.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

This classic Kansas City song reference is the place for anyone who wants to stand at the corner of 12th Street and Vine.

Home to a legend of the supernatural raccoon dog, a rare wooden structure of Edo, and witnesses of the Tokyo bombings.

A whimsical museum dedicated to the mischievous kappa, a mythical cucumber-loving water sprite.

This water goblin statue represents a 19th-century urban legend about a haunted canal that became a Japanese idiom.

This tiny Swedish troll protects the land and all who wander within it.

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

Homestead Cemetery hold the remains of the United States' first known professional tattoo artists.

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

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.

This aluminum airplane pays homage to the Flying Tigers of World War II.

This small island was the first National Wildlife Refuge ever created in the United States.

The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

This railroad and oil tycoon's lavish estate now stands as a time capsule of the Gilded Age.

Grab a slice of pizza next to the remains of the "human monkey" who ran for mayor.

This concrete sculpture features a woman opening her heart to showcase a beautiful fern.

Neglected resting place of some of the city's early luminaries—and a woman encased in concrete.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

The timeworn "Yankee Stadium" of the fastest game in the world isn't going anywhere.