The obelisk meant to mark the founding father's grave at Monticello is actually on the University of Missouri campus.

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

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

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

The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

A museum dedicated to man's boldest venture.

Another in a long tradition of legends regarding infernal seats.

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

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

A big museum full of little worlds.

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

A cave 150 feet beneath Kansas City is the perfect climate for growing 10,000 delicate orchids.

A floating museum that was sunk by a flood and left to rot in the tides.

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

The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.

This historic cliffside mansion uses a natural cave for air conditioning.

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

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

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.

A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

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