The only museum in the world dedicated to the history of sprint car racing, next to one of the country's most historic dirt tracks.

The headquarters of the prestigious World Food Prize celebrates the heroes in the fight against hunger, has no cafeteria.

A small burial plot formerly stranded in the middle of a road.

A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.

Complex aquaponics systems allow fish and plants to grow in harmony.

A museum of the dime museum that features weird entertainments of yesteryear, from feejee mermaids to flea circuses.

Exhibits from an island in Lake Michigan are preserved in this hand-built cabin museum.

The tunnel that runs beneath this former inn was once a hiding place for enslaved people seeking freedom.

The Bong-area park police have asked visitors to please, stop stealing the signs.

The only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structure in the architect's hometown.

A statue honors the genius who allegedly first took a meatball and made it into a hamburger.

The world's largest talking cow would like to tell you about the benefits of 100% Wisconsin dairy products, if only she still could.

A wonderfully curated used bookstore in an airport.

The spaceship-like theater, which is still in use, was one of the most popular exhibits at the 1964 New York World's Fair.

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

A lovely hidden waterfall right off the highway is well worth a stop.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

The only mill in the state that features a covered bridge.

Some of the oldest exposed rock formations in the United States.

A historic, scenic mill that was forced to close due to overlogging.

The deepest spring in Missouri.

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

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

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.