St. Louis, Missouri
Marconnott Mausoleum
When Joseph Marconnott died, he had a unique final wish: to be mummified and put on display.
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St. Louis, Missouri
When Joseph Marconnott died, he had a unique final wish: to be mummified and put on display.
Saint Charles, Missouri
A collection of soda memorabilia that spans decades.
Dora, Missouri
A version of this picturesque mill has existed since the 1800s.
Woodside, Missouri
An underground river pushes more than 200 million gallons out of this Missouri spring every day.
Imperial, Missouri
More than 12,000 years ago, this park was a playground for mastodons.
Columbia, Missouri
The van that carried William Least-Heat Moon through the journey documented in the book 'Blue Highways' sits in the Mizzou archeological museum's storage.
Winona, Missouri
A 40-foot waterfall flows into this unique natural swimming hole.
Irondale, Missouri
Some of the oldest exposed rock formations in the United States.
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Used as a military post in three different engagements, this fort has remained incomplete and unfired upon for nearly 200 years.
Galveston, Texas
This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.
Galveston, Texas
A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.
Annapolis, Maryland
This 16-foot, intricately detailed model of the Gearing-class destroyer has been called the most detailed model ship ever built.
Washington, D.C.
Part of a WWII submarine is lurking outside the Washington Navy Yard parking lot.
Washington, D.C.
One of the largest artillery pieces in the world sits in a Washington D.C. parking lot.
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
The only fully-realized skyscraper built by the famed American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.
Waco, Texas
Dedicated to the first Black recipient of the Navy Cross.
Wray, Colorado
The site of a minor battle might have been forgotten if not for one participant’s famous family and the death of a respected warrior.
Lamar, Colorado
Once named the “world’s oldest gas station” due to its unusual construction material.
Brandon, Colorado
The hallowed ground of one of the worst atrocities in United States history.
Holly, Colorado
A monument at the site of the Towner School Bus Tragedy, which lead to changes in school bus safety.
Taylor, Nebraska
This Nebraska town wants to double its population with plywood cut-outs of townsfolk.
Independence, Kansas
This stadium was the home of the first organized night baseball game.
Liberal, Kansas
A former Army airfield is home to one of the largest aviation museums in America.
Liberal, Kansas
This museum was built to share the story of Liberal's singular pancake-flipping racing tradition.