Famous church recognized for both its unique design and disciplined monks that live according to the Benedictine discipline.

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

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

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

The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.

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

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

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

A plaque on the side of a parking garage marks the burial place of a great Ottawa chief.

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

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

A relic of the Cold War in Chicago.

Even with its slightly risible name this colossal cross is still able to inspire awe.

A source of civic pride, though the reason for its construction is unknown.

At the largest railway museum in the United States, you can see everything from an early steam engine to a functioning Thomas the Tank Engine.

This baseball diamond was home to the Rockford Peaches, a team featured in the hit film "A League of Their Own."

A 30-foot man on a penny-farthing bicycle rides along the banks of the Mississippi.

A mythical bird etched into the face of a rock doubles as the mascot for a nearby school.

This family driveway also serves as the highest point in Illinois.

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.

The world's third-largest scale model of the planets.

Although outnumbered, the Tecumseh Confederacy defeated a large regiment of United States troops.

In addition to the usual gravestones, this Michigan cemetery features a birdhouse mausoleum and an Ark of the Covenant replica.

These statues pay homage to the "green corridor" of parks and wetlands.