Independence, Missouri
Vaile Mansion
A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.
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Independence, Missouri
A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.
Kansas City, Missouri
This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.
Excelsior Springs, Missouri
This art deco masterpiece was once a miracle spring mecca but is now simply a government office building.
Carthage, Missouri
An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.
Independence, Missouri
This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.
St. Louis, Missouri
The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.
Liberty, Missouri
The ruins of a 19th century shelter run by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Columbia, Missouri
This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.
Kansas City, Missouri
Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.
Carthage, Missouri
This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.
St. Joseph, Missouri
The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.
Kansas City, Missouri
The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.
Sturgeon, Missouri
A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.
Kansas City, Missouri
Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.
St. Joseph, Missouri
The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.
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.
Camdenton, Missouri
European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.
Columbia, Missouri
Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.
Jefferson City, Missouri
The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."