Places Clapham Adventures Wants to Go

A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.

One man's unrequited love stands in a glass box forever.

This mausoleum is the final resting place of one of St. Louis's richest and most tragic families.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

This spot in St. Louis, marked with a simple sign, has seen more pro baseball than just about anywhere else in the world.

Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.

One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.

In the Compton Hill Reservoir Park sits a statue whose lack of clothing caused a scandal for the group that commissioned it.

When Joseph Marconnott died, he had a unique final wish: to be mummified and put on display.

This historic cliffside mansion uses a natural cave for air conditioning.

A small town garden is dedicated to a psychic dog with the most soulful eyes.

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

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

Once in disrepair, the house where the 1983 film was shot has been restored and turned into a museum.

First established in 1696, this settlement was abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

These ornate, fish-shaped water spouts guard Savannah’s historic facades.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.