The crumbling remains of the first Black-owned and operated hospital in Kansas City.

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.

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

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

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

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

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

Another in a long tradition of legends regarding infernal seats.

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

Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.

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

The ruins of a 19th century shelter run by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

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

An abandoned concrete jungle surrounded by a lush park.

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

A big museum full of little worlds.

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

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

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

A mysterious light of unknown origin on the backroads of Missouri.