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A museum dedicated to man's boldest venture.

This wooded grove of beautiful hand-built stone grottos is a hidden gem within a shuttered Franciscan monastery.

Another in a long tradition of legends regarding infernal seats.

The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.

Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.

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

An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

A big museum full of little worlds.

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

An abandoned concrete jungle surrounded by a lush park.

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

This historic cliffside mansion uses a natural cave for air conditioning.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

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

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

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.

A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.