This restored colonial house was once home to the botanist responsible for bringing avocados to the U.S.

Believe it or not, the now-ubiquitous California avocado originated in Guatemala.

A collection of heirloom roses tucked in a spectacularly beautiful botanical garden on Lake Atitlan.

Experiencing Guatemala's sensory-exploding church is a blunt reminder of European influence.

One of the world’s most colorful cemeteries, where each pigment is symbolic.

For this chef, an active volcano is his oven.

Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.

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.

A tiny racehorse graveyard in the middle of a quiet Kansas City suburb.

This Kansas City studio was home to Walt Disney's first animation business.

A magnificent church designed by world-renowned architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.

The crumbling remains of the first Black-owned and operated hospital in Kansas City.

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

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

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

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

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

From a supper club to a gay bar to an HBO shooting location, this 125-year-old Victorian mansion has lived many lives.

One of the largest collections of intact Victorian-era waterworks equipment in the world.