University City, Missouri
Fish on a Bicycle
University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.
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University City, Missouri
University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.
Florissant, Missouri
A wax effigy of St. Valentine hides one of the saint's relics.
Imperial, Missouri
More than 12,000 years ago, this park was a playground for mastodons.
St. Louis, Missouri
This unassuming riverbank is Missouri’s first designated site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.
St. Louis, Missouri
A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.
St. Louis, Missouri
One of the world's earliest skyscrapers.
St. Louis, Missouri
A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.
St. Louis, Missouri
Hundreds of graffiti artists have decorated this flood-wall on the west bank of the Mississippi River.
Jefferson City, Missouri
The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."
Columbia, Missouri
Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.
Columbia, Missouri
This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.
Columbia, Missouri
The van that carried William Least-Heat Moon through the journey documented in the book 'Blue Highways' sits in the Mizzou archeological museum's storage.
Columbia, Missouri
Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.
Independence, Missouri
A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.
Somerville, Massachusetts
A home decorated by its owner with eye-catching and captivating assemblages of found objects
Bandon, Oregon
According to legend, this rock represents a young girl trapped by an evil ocean spirit.
Port Townsend, Washington
An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.
Everett, Washington
This private home is famous for appearing in the cult-classic "Twin Peaks" series.
Seattle, Washington
This graveyard contains markers and monuments dedicated to some of the darkest chapters in Washington's history.
Seattle, Washington
One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.
Seattle, Washington
This park celebrates a sister city relationship that survived the Cold War.
Eugene, Oregon
This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.
Eugene, Oregon
A Victorian-style home known as the “Castle on the Hill.”