Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

Hundreds of graffiti artists have decorated this flood-wall on the west bank of the Mississippi River.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

Mobsters came for a soak in the hot springs, and stayed for the illegal gambling and bootlegging.

In the Ozarks, a waterfall shoots out from a glorious hole.

You can dig up your own crystals in the quartz capital of the world.

Two gushing waterfalls of hot spring water within a block of each other.

The seventh largest spring in the world.

These waterfalls can be twins or triplets, depending on how much it's rained recently.

The strange and snarky traditions of the lumber industry's fraternal order began with five men waiting for a train here in Arkansas.

Everything in this miniature world was handmade from matches, paperclips, wires, tin cans, and other everyday objects.

A wild trout fishery in Arkansas.

Town not known for anything except its strange name.

Where animatronic singing fish go to retire.

Bronze statue marks the spinach capital of the world.

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

The Ozarks' strangest dwelling.

The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

A large circus museum with summer performances.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

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

Museum with an extensive collection of Cray supercomputers and related artifacts.