Places KR Peart Wants to Go

A 40-foot waterfall flows into this unique natural swimming hole.

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

The only remaining Cold War–era Minuteman II missile control center in Missouri.

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.

This unconventional used book store was once in the news for the surprising act of burning books.

A museum dedicated to man's boldest venture.

The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.

A celebration of the animation wizard's childhood home and antique railroad memorabilia collection.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

The ruins of a 19th century shelter run by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

A mysterious light of unknown origin on the backroads of Missouri.

An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

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

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

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

The world's largest man-made underground caverns offer unparalleled underwater wonders.

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