An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

A perfectly circular lake is formed by the crater of an ancient underwater volcano.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

As the highest point in the Mid-Atlantic range this stratovolcano offers spectacular views.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a 70-foot-long chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

A waterfall 600 ft. inside a mountain, once the bane of gold miners, is now a spectacle of nature.

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.

One of the world's most definitive collections of musical instruments, spanning all cultures and historical periods.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

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

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.

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.

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

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

A cave 150 feet beneath Kansas City is the perfect climate for growing 10,000 delicate orchids.

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