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How did the front of a supersonic jet make its way to a display case in a Kansas City yard?

The golden age of flight captured in a downtown airport.

Rusted and decayed, this former mining site is a portal to the past.

Stand at the point where the two mightiest rivers in the United States converge.

A historic, scenic mill that was forced to close due to overlogging.

This mansion was made famous by its colorful cast of owners and location along the Sante Fe Trail.

A flat slab of stone perched hundreds of feet above the Gasconade River in the northern Ozark mountains.

A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.

The only remaining Cold War–era Minuteman II missile control center in Missouri.

One of the deepest springs in Missouri.

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.

Three markers installed over the course of 140 years mark the point where Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma converge.

This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.

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

In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.

An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."