A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.

A mysterious light of unknown origin on the backroads of Missouri.

First known as the "Sample House," this construction mash-up was meant to be a living catalogue of building styles.

This century-old roadside attraction is full of bizarre rock formations.

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

One man's unrequited love stands in a glass box forever.

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

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

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.

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

The Ozarks' strangest dwelling.

An abandoned early-20th-century boomtown sits within the Calico Rock city limits.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

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

The ruins of a 19th century shelter run by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Twenty-year effort to raise a castle using tools and techniques from the 13th century is now abandoned in the Arkansas woods.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

The world's largest man-made underground caverns offer unparalleled underwater wonders.

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 remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

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

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.