A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

A 30-foot-tall cement chair pays tribute to a historic design and a local industry.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

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

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

This is not your typical jungle gym.

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

The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.

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

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

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.

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

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

The perfect spot for a picnic, right next to a giant ballistic missile.

A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

A theme park attraction designed to turn your children into LARPers.

If you dial the number in this abandoned office window "Sam Spade’s" secretary will ask you to leave a message.

The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

Humboldt's human-powered sculptures race across land and sea for days on end in a wacky quest for dominance.

A veteran Disney animator turned his gift for storytelling to a museum devoted to his love of a California city.