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Stonington, Connecticut
Mystic Seaport Museum
Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.
41.3614, -71.9662
Groton, Connecticut
Mystic Pizza
This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.
41.3540, -71.9730
Groton, Connecticut
Submarine Force Museum
The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.
41.3875, -72.0870
Jefferson City, Missouri
Missouri State Penitentiary
The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."
38.5735, -92.1607
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.
38.5029, -90.5935
Chesterfield, Missouri
The Awakening II
A sculpture of a giant man escaping from the depths of the Earth.
38.6459, -90.5997
St. Louis, Missouri
Old St. Louis County Courthouse
The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.
38.6257, -90.1893
St. Louis, Missouri
Eros Bendato
A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.
38.6265, -90.1933
St. Louis, Missouri
1904 World's Fair Flight Cage
What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.
38.6367, -90.2922
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
Collinsville, Illinois
Cahokia Mounds
Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.
38.6570, -90.0587
St. Louis, Missouri
The Magic House
The Magic House provides a beautiful and creative environment for curious youngsters to get their knowledge on.
38.5739, -90.4053
St. Louis, Missouri
Grant's Farm
What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.
38.5460, -90.3510
St. Louis, Missouri
Lemp Mansion
A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.
38.5932, -90.2158
St. Louis, Missouri
Compton Hill Water Tower
One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.
38.6152, -90.2396
St. Louis, Missouri
Turtle Playground
This is not your typical jungle gym.
38.6315, -90.2924
St. Louis, Missouri
World's Largest Amoco Sign
This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.
38.6330, -90.3045
St. Louis, Missouri
USS Inaugural (1993-2013)
A floating museum that was sunk by a flood and left to rot in the tides.
38.6115, -90.1881
St. Louis, Missouri
Whispering Arch at Union Station
Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.
38.6281, -90.2080
Eureka, Missouri
Black Madonna Shrine
This wooded grove of beautiful hand-built stone grottos is a hidden gem within a shuttered Franciscan monastery.
38.4131, -90.6829
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