Atlanta, Illinois
Paul Bunyon
While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.
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Atlanta, Illinois
While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.
Clarence, Missouri
This pristinely abandoned filling station on the edge of a graveyard is populated solely by unsettling mannequins.
Jadwin, Missouri
Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.
Columbia, Missouri
Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.
Jefferson City, Missouri
This museum presents a dogged pursuit of 500 years of veterinary history.
Caledonia, Missouri
This "little gallery in the middle of nowhere" is housed in a 170-year-old horse barn in the Missouri Ozarks.
Saint James, Missouri
Over 600 vacuum cleaners stack the shelves of what may be the cleanest museum in America.
Chester, Illinois
The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.
Eureka, Missouri
This wooded grove of beautiful hand-built stone grottos is a hidden gem within a shuttered Franciscan monastery.
Chesterfield, Missouri
After miraculously surviving a giant flood, the 19th-century nut tree and its offspring are protected with their own tiny park.
Elsah, Illinois
First known as the "Sample House," this construction mash-up was meant to be a living catalogue of building styles.