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A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.

This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

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

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

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

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

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

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

The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.

The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.

Now nearly abandoned, Kaskaskia was once the capital of Illinois and one of the most important towns on the upper Mississippi.

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

This "little gallery in the middle of nowhere" is housed in a 170-year-old horse barn in the Missouri Ozarks.

Kentucky's anomalous peninsula projecting into the Mississippi River, site of legendary earthquakes and local feuds.

This Lady Liberty is the oldest replica of its kind outside the state of New York.

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.