Joplin, Missouri
National Cookie Cutter Historical Museum
A small museum dedicated to the whimsical tool that turns sugar cookies into works of art.
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Joplin, Missouri
A small museum dedicated to the whimsical tool that turns sugar cookies into works of art.
Defiance, Missouri
Who said a biker bar is no place for a taxidermy squirrel collection?
St. Louis, Missouri
One man's unrequited love stands in a glass box forever.
Independence, Missouri
A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.
Kansas City, Missouri
An abandoned concrete jungle surrounded by a lush park.
Springfield, Missouri
An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.
St. Louis, Missouri
A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.
St. Louis, Missouri
A big museum full of little worlds.
St. Louis, Missouri
What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.
Kansas City, Missouri
The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.
St. Louis, Missouri
A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.
St. Louis, Missouri
This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.
Bonne Terre, Missouri
The world's largest man-made underground caverns offer unparalleled underwater wonders.
St. Joseph, Missouri
The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.
Ridgedale, Missouri
If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.
Kansas City, Missouri
This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.
St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.
Columbus, Ohio
Known locally as "the giant head," this 14-foot LED sculpture has a photo booth in the neck where you can have a 3D picture taken and displayed.
Chicago, Illinois
This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.
Peru, Indiana
Artifacts from the golden days of the circus reside in a small Indiana town.
Grabill, Indiana
A bakery and variety store filled with an extensive taxidermy collection.
Marion, Indiana
Larger-than-life sculptures of the world’s most famous cat mark the birthplace of creator Jim Davis.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Inspired by a piece of concrete, these three pyramid-shaped buildings have been beloved Indianapolis landmarks for over 50 years.