While there are no actual snakes in the history of this crooked road, there may be a number of dead horses.

A massive bur oak tree believed to be some 500 years old is the centerpiece of this quiet urban greenspace.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

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

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.

One of the largest carillons in the world, this giant instrument has 67 cast-iron bells played by a keyboard.

Built in 1869, this now-retired structure looks more like a medieval fortress than a county lock-up.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Famous church recognized for both its unique design and disciplined monks that live according to the Benedictine discipline.