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The creator of the Kewpie doll's former home has been turned into a museum celebrating her life and work.

It's as if the herds walked straight out of a fairy tale into the Missouri wilds.

Come for the heirloom-corn whiskey, stay for the wood hats.

This former Union fort commands a fine view of downtown Cape Girardeau and the Mississippi River.

An average of 33 million gallons of water pour out of the collapsed cave at the heart of this spherical spring.

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

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

This unassuming riverbank is Missouri’s first designated site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.

These pink granite water slides are the result of millions of years of erosion.

Often referred to as the largest spring in America.

One of the deepest springs in Missouri.

Nestled in Onondaga State Park, over 100 canoes carefully stacked in a replica of the famous standing stones.

After miraculously surviving a giant flood, the 19th-century nut tree and its offspring are protected with their own tiny park.

Away from the crowds of fishing enthusiasts, take a hike deep into the woods and journey into an eerie darkness.

This museum located in the "Corn Cob Pipe Capital of the World," chronicles the history of cob pipe.

A wax effigy of St. Valentine hides one of the saint's relics.

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

The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.

Famous church recognized for both its unique design and disciplined monks that live according to the Benedictine discipline.

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

During the 19th-century, this park was a vital trading fort.

The only pig museum in the U.S. holds one of the world's largest collections of pig items.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.