Defiance, Missouri
Defiance Roadhouse
Who said a biker bar is no place for a taxidermy squirrel collection?
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Defiance, Missouri
Who said a biker bar is no place for a taxidermy squirrel collection?
St. Joseph, Missouri
The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.
Chesterfield, Missouri
A sculpture of a giant man escaping from the depths of the Earth.
Kirksville, Missouri
Another in a long tradition of legends regarding infernal seats.
Kansas City, Missouri
Undone by Prohibition, this abandoned brewery-turned-flour mill is now ready for its third act.
Sumner, Missouri
This 40-foot fowl marks the so-called "wild goose capital of the world."
Independence, Missouri
This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.
Eureka, Missouri
This wooded grove of beautiful hand-built stone grottos is a hidden gem within a shuttered Franciscan monastery.
Cuba, Missouri
The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.
Eureka, 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.
St. Charles, Missouri
Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.
St. Louis, Missouri
A chessmaster's dream destination.
Kansas City, Missouri
A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.
Columbia, Missouri
This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.
Mansfield, Missouri
Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.
Liberty, Missouri
The ruins of a 19th century shelter run by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Kansas City, Missouri
Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.
Kansas City, Missouri
Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.
Springfield, Missouri
An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.
Kansas City, Missouri
An abandoned concrete jungle surrounded by a lush park.
Columbia, Missouri
Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.
Independence, Missouri
A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.
Sedalia, Missouri
This historic cliffside mansion uses a natural cave for air conditioning.
St. Joseph, Missouri
The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.