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.

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

An extensive collection of fine art devoted to man's best friend.

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

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

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

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

Two Ming Dynasty lion statues guard the entrance to the journalism school.

This museum presents a dogged pursuit of 500 years of veterinary history.

After miraculously surviving a giant flood, the 19th-century nut tree and its offspring are protected with their own tiny park.

The obelisk meant to mark the founding father's grave at Monticello is actually on the University of Missouri campus.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

A museum devoted to osteopathy and its creator, Andrew Still.

This spot in St. Louis, marked with a simple sign, has seen more pro baseball than just about anywhere else in the world.

A Mormon place of exile in Missouri.

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

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

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

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

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.

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

The only pig museum in the U.S. holds one of the world's largest collections of pig items.

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

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