A floating museum that was sunk by a flood and left to rot in the tides.

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

A wax effigy of St. Valentine hides one of the saint's relics.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

A big museum full of little worlds.

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

This is not your typical jungle gym.

University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

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

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

The world's largest man-made underground caverns offer unparalleled underwater wonders.

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

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.

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

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.

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

This small town bank is very aware of its name thank you very much.

The modest, restored home of the legendary ragtime musician John William "Blind" Boone.

Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.

A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.

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