The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

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

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

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

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

In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.

The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.

The world's largest man-made underground caverns offer unparalleled underwater wonders.

Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

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

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

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

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

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

Undone by Prohibition, this abandoned brewery-turned-flour mill is now ready for its third act.

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

This Italianate Villa-style castle is pretty to look at, just keep off the private property.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.