Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

Who said a biker bar is no place for a taxidermy squirrel collection?

A mysterious light of unknown origin on the backroads of Missouri.

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.

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

Undone by Prohibition, this abandoned brewery-turned-flour mill is now ready for its third act.

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

The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.

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

This 40-foot fowl marks the so-called "wild goose capital of the world."

A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.

One of America's first planned communities is preserved in a state park.

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

An extensive collection of fine art devoted to man's best friend.

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

An abandoned concrete jungle surrounded by a lush park.

The man who was president for only one day and spent most of it asleep.

Tucked away between two 19th-century buildings, this small shop specializes in the macabre.

The only remaining Cold War–era Minuteman II missile control center in Missouri.

A subterranean haunt where wine and homemade biscottis are always on the menu.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

A sculpture of a giant man escaping from the depths of the Earth.

This curious headstone is labeled simply as "The Queen."