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

A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

An engraved boulder marks the spot where Patsy Cline's life ended in a plane crash.

Patrick Dougherty's fantastic living tree sculptures, mind-blowing but temporary.

Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

This open air cathedral invites all faiths to worship under the only roof big enough to fit them all: the sky.

Symbolic attempt to overcome the issues of life.

Part of a worldwide art project, this mysterious semicircle of concrete shapes holds the pieces of a larger story.

In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.

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

Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.

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

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

An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."