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2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Eureka, Missouri

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Eureka, Missouri

Black Madonna Shrine

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

Eureka, Missouri

Times Beach, Missouri

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.
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The Awakening II

A sculpture of a giant man escaping from the depths of the Earth.
10 miles from Eureka
A pecan tree.

Chesterfield, Missouri

Pecan Legacy Park

After miraculously surviving a giant flood, the 19th-century nut tree and its offspring are protected with their own tiny park.
11 miles from Eureka
“The Way,” 1972-80, Alexander Liberman

Sappington, Missouri

Laumeier Sculpture Park

Giant works of art interspersed throughout meadows and woodlands offer a new discovery at every turn.
11 miles from Eureka

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Defiance Roadhouse

Who said a biker bar is no place for a taxidermy squirrel collection?
12 miles from Eureka

Creve Coeur, Missouri

Saint Louis Abbey

Famous church recognized for both its unique design and disciplined monks that live according to the Benedictine discipline.
12 miles from Eureka
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