This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

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

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

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

This unconventional used book store was once in the news for the surprising act of burning books.

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

Giant works of art interspersed throughout meadows and woodlands offer a new discovery at every turn.

The iconic remains of the original Academic Hall that burned down in 1892.

Two Ming Dynasty lion statues guard the entrance to the journalism school.

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

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

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

An abandoned concrete jungle surrounded by a lush park.

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

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

Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.

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

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

This sacred space and gathering spot for the Wyandot Nation has been the surrounded by controversy and confusion.

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

Tucked away between two 19th-century buildings, this small shop specializes in the macabre.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.