This pristinely abandoned filling station on the edge of a graveyard is populated solely by unsettling mannequins.

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

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

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

A chessmaster's dream destination.

An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.

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

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

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

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

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

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

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

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

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

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

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

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

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

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

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.

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.

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

This is not your typical jungle gym.