This quaint museum lets you take a ride on its antique carousels.

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

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

A museum devoted to osteopathy and its creator, Andrew Still.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

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

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

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

An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.

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

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

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

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

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

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

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.

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

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

This Mediterranean castle was built for a millionaire and his giant dog.

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

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

A Mormon place of exile in Missouri.