Diamond, Missouri
World's Largest Small Electrical Appliance Museum
Thousands of small machines line the shelves of this personal collection which definitely delivers on its name.
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Diamond, Missouri
Thousands of small machines line the shelves of this personal collection which definitely delivers on its name.
Carthage, Missouri
An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.
Springfield, Missouri
Creativity is far from extinct in Missouri, and this painted dinosaur is no exception!
Springfield, Missouri
A phone booth that combines public art and climate change awareness.
Springfield, Missouri
A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.
Marshfield, Missouri
In Edwin Hubble's hometown, a scale model of the groundbreaking telescope that was named in his honor.
St. Robert, Missouri
Vintage neon signs illuminate highway history.
Cuba, Missouri
The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.
Fairmont City, Illinois
Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.
Collinsville, Illinois
Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.
Collinsville, Illinois
Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.
Lincoln, Illinois
Today this bizarre rooftop phone booth seems like a piece of kitsch but it was once used to spot disastrous storms.
Lincoln, Illinois
This colorful monument commemorates a little-known story from the life of Abraham Lincoln.
Lincoln, Illinois
The world's largest covered wagon is piloted by a giant Lincoln lawyer.
Atlanta, Illinois
A small museum celebrating the fiberglass giants that are icons of America's highways.
Bloomington, Illinois
The carved remains of a 200-year-old oak tree memorialize the namesake of the iconic "Wizard of Oz" character.
Bloomington, Illinois
A giant wooden statue of one of the greatest pitchers in 19th-century baseball.
Normal, Illinois
This abandoned 19th century orphanage started as a boarding school for children of Civil War veterans.
Springfield, Illinois
The empty tomb that houses the memories of Roy Bertelli's revenge.
Essex, Illinois
Moving, mind-blowing metal sculpture work of an outsider artist.
Gardner, Illinois
This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.
Manteno, Illinois
Meant for a railway that was never built because of the Great Chicago Fire, these piers still stand nearly 150 years after they were installed.
Joliet, Illinois
What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.
Wilmington, Illinois
On the site of a former Army ammunition plant, bison now roam a restored sea of grass.