The world's only known button museum.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

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

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

This curious headstone is labeled simply as "The Queen."

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

This art deco masterpiece was once a miracle spring mecca but is now simply a government office building.

This "little gallery in the middle of nowhere" is housed in a 170-year-old horse barn in the Missouri Ozarks.

A small town garden is dedicated to a psychic dog with the most soulful eyes.

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

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

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

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

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

A big museum full of little worlds.