This museum located in the "Corn Cob Pipe Capital of the World," chronicles the history of cob pipe.

A museum dedicated to man's boldest venture.

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

The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

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

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

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.

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

Over 600 vacuum cleaners stack the shelves of what may be the cleanest museum in America.

A flat slab of stone perched hundreds of feet above the Gasconade River in the northern Ozark mountains.

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

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

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

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

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

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

A small museum dedicated to the whimsical tool that turns sugar cookies into works of art.

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

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

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

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

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

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