When Joseph Marconnott died, he had a unique final wish: to be mummified and put on display.

The creator of the Kewpie doll's former home has been turned into a museum celebrating her life and work.

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

The largest riverfront opening cave in the Ozarks.

The modest, restored home of the legendary ragtime musician John William "Blind" Boone.

Around 50 million gallons of water flow from this spring every day.

After miraculously surviving a giant flood, the 19th-century nut tree and its offspring are protected with their own tiny park.

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

The deepest spring in Missouri.

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

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

This wooded grove of beautiful hand-built stone grottos is a hidden gem within a shuttered Franciscan monastery.

This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.

The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.

A museum devoted to osteopathy and its creator, Andrew Still.

An average of 33 million gallons of water pour out of the collapsed cave at the heart of this spherical spring.

This museum located in the "Corn Cob Pipe Capital of the World," chronicles the history of cob pipe.

This mausoleum is the final resting place of one of St. Louis's richest and most tragic families.

This museum presents a dogged pursuit of 500 years of veterinary history.

Nestled in Onondaga State Park, over 100 canoes carefully stacked in a replica of the famous standing stones.

This mansion was made famous by its colorful cast of owners and location along the Sante Fe Trail.

These pink granite water slides are the result of millions of years of erosion.

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

The obelisk meant to mark the founding father's grave at Monticello is actually on the University of Missouri campus.