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This small turbine mill along Rocky Creek was built in 1928

Vintage neon signs illuminate highway history.

This restaurant, art gallery, and nightlife hot spot is a love letter to Lagos from St. Louis.

The longest of the four remaining covered bridges in Missouri.

Creativity is far from extinct in Missouri, and this painted dinosaur is no exception!

An underground river pushes more than 200 million gallons out of this Missouri spring every day.

A Mormon place of exile in Missouri.

Rusted and decayed, this former mining site is a portal to the past.

Stand at the point where the two mightiest rivers in the United States converge.

From a canyon-like gorge, more than 20 million gallons of water emerge every day, while a smaller spring drips down, creating the illusion of an endless, gentle waterfall.

The largest riverfront opening cave in the Ozarks.

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

It's as if the herds walked straight out of a fairy tale into the Missouri wilds.

A historic, scenic mill that was forced to close due to overlogging.

Some of the oldest exposed rock formations in the United States.

Around 50 million gallons of water flow from this spring every day.

An average of 33 million gallons of water pour out of the collapsed cave at the heart of this spherical spring.

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

Away from the crowds of fishing enthusiasts, take a hike deep into the woods and journey into an eerie darkness.

A 40-foot waterfall flows into this unique natural swimming hole.

These pink granite water slides are the result of millions of years of erosion.

Often referred to as the largest spring in America.

This unconventional used book store was once in the news for the surprising act of burning books.

When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.