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Liberty, Missouri
Odd Fellows Home
The ruins of a 19th century shelter run by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
39.2258, -94.4066
Kansas City, Missouri
Boy and Frog Fountain
A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.
39.0415, -94.5908
Kansas City, Missouri
Treasures of the Steamboat Arabia
Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.
39.1094, -94.5815
St. Louis, Missouri
World Chess Hall of Fame
A chessmaster's dream destination.
38.6443, -90.2612
St. Louis, Missouri
City Museum
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
38.6330, -90.2001
Overland Park, Kansas
1950s All-Electric House
Step back in time at this 1950s display home, built to showcase once cutting-edge electric amenities.
38.9698, -94.6682
Columbia, Missouri
Devil's Icebox
Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.
38.8819, -92.3289
Kansas City, Missouri
The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures
The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.
39.0312, -94.5819
Kansas City, Kansas
Sauer Castle
This Italianate Villa-style castle is pretty to look at, just keep off the private property.
39.0687, -94.6333
Prairie Village, Kansas
Lawrin Gravesite
A tiny racehorse graveyard in the middle of a quiet Kansas City suburb.
38.9820, -94.6332
Prague, Czechia
Museum of Communism
This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.
50.0879, 14.4301
Prague, Czechia
Tančící dům - Dancing House of Prague
This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”
50.0755, 14.4141
Kansas City, Missouri
Country Club Plaza
The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.
39.0420, -94.5920
New Orleans, Louisiana
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop
The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.
29.9606, -90.0639
New Orleans, Louisiana
Marie Laveau's House of Voodoo
A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.
29.9582, -90.0657
New Orleans, Louisiana
Musical Legends Park
A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.
29.9558, -90.0684
New Orleans, Louisiana
Jean Lafitte's Old Absinthe House
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
29.9554, -90.0684
San Francisco, California
Loved to Death
This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.
37.7695, -122.4502
San Francisco, California
Dangling Legs at the Piedmont Boutique
The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.
37.7703, -122.4463
San Francisco, California
Corporate Goddess Sculptures
Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.
37.7928, -122.4043
North Bend, Washington
Twede's Cafe
Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.
47.4952, -121.7869
Seattle, Washington
Gas Works Park
This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.
47.6462, -122.3337
Seattle, Washington
Mystery Soda Machine
An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.
47.6199, -122.3195
Kyoto, Japan
Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine
The 10,000 Torii shrine.
34.9672, 135.7733
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