A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

The Magic House provides a beautiful and creative environment for curious youngsters to get their knowledge on.

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

The final resting place and once home of the Bandit Queen of the West.

One believer transformed a local curiosity into proof of Vikings on the Great Plains.

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

Tucked away on a hilltop in the backwoods of Mississippi lies the remains of a blues legend.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.