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This 1854 courthouse along the Mississippi River has a storied history.

This mansion was made famous by its colorful cast of owners and location along the Sante Fe Trail.

A magnificent church designed by world-renowned architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

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

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

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

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

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

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

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

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

Another in a long tradition of legends regarding infernal seats.

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

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

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.

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

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

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

In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.

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

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

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.