Places froeckmann Wants to Go

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

Two Ming Dynasty lion statues guard the entrance to the journalism school.

The obelisk meant to mark the founding father's grave at Monticello is actually on the University of Missouri campus.

The iconic remains of the original Academic Hall that burned down in 1892.

The modest, restored home of the legendary ragtime musician John William "Blind" Boone.

This whimsical statue marks the high water level from the Great Flood of 1993.

Though it's thrived abroad, this forgotten Dunkin' rival has just one store left in the States.

The owners of this Victorian-era estate say it’s still visited by the spirits of long-gone residents.

A taxidermy “mermaid,” vampire-killing kits, and hundreds of other bizarre objects are housed at this quirky museum.

This massive boulder was hurled into a Zurich church when a gunpowder depot was struck by lightning in 1652.

A 200-year-old tavern challenges guests to finish a glass of wine while hanging from a ceiling beam.

One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement.

Underneath the well-known Lindenhof hides a secret cellar documenting Zurich's early history.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

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

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.