Chester, Illinois
Popeye Character Trail
The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.
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Chester, Illinois
The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.
Leasburg, Missouri
Nestled in Onondaga State Park, over 100 canoes carefully stacked in a replica of the famous standing stones.
Bonne Terre, Missouri
A museum dedicated to man's boldest venture.
Bonne Terre, Missouri
The world's largest man-made underground caverns offer unparalleled underwater wonders.
Sullivan, Missouri
400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.
Eureka, Missouri
This wooded grove of beautiful hand-built stone grottos is a hidden gem within a shuttered Franciscan monastery.
Collinsville, Illinois
Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.
Fairmont City, Illinois
Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.
Alton, Illinois
A mythical bird etched into the face of a rock doubles as the mascot for a nearby school.
Defiance, Missouri
Who said a biker bar is no place for a taxidermy squirrel collection?
Collinsville, Illinois
Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.
St. Charles, Missouri
Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.
Eureka, Missouri
This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.
St. Louis, Missouri
A floating museum that was sunk by a flood and left to rot in the tides.
St. Louis, Missouri
The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.
St. Louis, Missouri
An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.
St. Louis, Missouri
A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.
St. Louis, Missouri
This unassuming riverbank is Missouri’s first designated site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.
St. Louis, Missouri
A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.
St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
St. Louis, Missouri
A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.
St. Louis, Missouri
This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.
St. Louis, Missouri
Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.
St. Louis, Missouri
One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.