A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

This Italianate Villa-style castle is pretty to look at, just keep off the private property.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

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

A cave 150 feet beneath Kansas City is the perfect climate for growing 10,000 delicate orchids.

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

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

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

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

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

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

This Wyoming town is fascinated by a particular mythical creature.

Population: 1.

The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

A collection of over 15,000 zines works to preserve DIY publishing culture.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.