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

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

The Magic House provides a beautiful and creative environment for curious youngsters to get their knowledge on.

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

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

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

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

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.

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

This is not your typical jungle gym.

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

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

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

This Arkansas town is known for its gangster history, its healing waters, and now its brews.

A beautiful botanical garden in the heart of the Natural State.

Yup, that's where the name came from.

People of the Plum Bayou culture built these enormous mounds over 1,000 years ago.

Two gushing waterfalls of hot spring water within a block of each other.

The scant remains of an expansive indigenous civilization can be seen at this Arkansas state park.

Town not known for anything except its strange name.

Everything in this miniature world was handmade from matches, paperclips, wires, tin cans, and other everyday objects.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.