A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

This former Union fort commands a fine view of downtown Cape Girardeau and the Mississippi River.

During the 19th-century, this park was a vital trading fort.

Giant works of art interspersed throughout meadows and woodlands offer a new discovery at every turn.

A flat slab of stone perched hundreds of feet above the Gasconade River in the northern Ozark mountains.

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

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

When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.

Thousands of small machines line the shelves of this personal collection which definitely delivers on its name.

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

University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.

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

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

This pristinely abandoned filling station on the edge of a graveyard is populated solely by unsettling mannequins.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

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

A chessmaster's dream destination.

A museum dedicated to man's boldest venture.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.

The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.

Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.