This Kansas City studio was home to Walt Disney's first animation business.

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

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

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

This odd stone memorial remembers a loyal dog who offended the rail barons with his speed and saved his master with his pee.

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

Though it's thrived abroad, this forgotten Dunkin' rival has just one store left in the States.

The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

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

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

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

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

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

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

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

Often referred to as the largest spring in America.

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

In Edwin Hubble's hometown, a scale model of the groundbreaking telescope that was named in his honor.

This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.