When Joseph Marconnott died, he had a unique final wish: to be mummified and put on display.

First known as the "Sample House," this construction mash-up was meant to be a living catalogue of building styles.

After miraculously surviving a giant flood, the 19th-century nut tree and its offspring are protected with their own tiny park.

Who said a biker bar is no place for a taxidermy squirrel collection?

The modest, restored home of the legendary ragtime musician John William "Blind" Boone.

A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.

Spectacular views await visitors to this lake.

One of Mexico's youngest major cities still holds on to this structure representing its short modern history.

A sculpture of a giant man escaping from the depths of the Earth.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

This 40-foot fowl marks the so-called "wild goose capital of the world."

A celebration of the animation wizard's childhood home and antique railroad memorabilia collection.

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

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

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.

This wooded grove of beautiful hand-built stone grottos is a hidden gem within a shuttered Franciscan monastery.

The only remaining Cold War–era Minuteman II missile control center in Missouri.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

More than 7,000 gallons of water pour over these cascading red quartzite waterfalls every second.

This spot in St. Louis, marked with a simple sign, has seen more pro baseball than just about anywhere else in the world.

Stand at the point where the two mightiest rivers in the United States converge.

During the 19th-century, this park was a vital trading fort.

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

A wax effigy of St. Valentine hides one of the saint's relics.