A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

This simple home was the beginning of a long journey for the iconic Western film star.

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

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The iconic remains of the original Academic Hall that burned down in 1892.

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

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

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

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

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.

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

One of America's first planned communities is preserved in a state park.