Villisca, Iowa
Villisca Axe Murder House
This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.
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Villisca, Iowa
This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.
Gallatin, Missouri
This octagonal rotary jail built in 1889 now serves as a visitor's center.
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.
Jefferson City, Missouri
The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."
St. Louis, Missouri
When Joseph Marconnott died, he had a unique final wish: to be mummified and put on display.
St. Charles, Missouri
Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.
Irondale, Missouri
Some of the oldest exposed rock formations in the United States.
Sullivan, Missouri
400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.
Joy, Missouri
Around 50 million gallons of water flow from this spring every day.
Jadwin, Missouri
Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.
Round Spring, Missouri
An average of 33 million gallons of water pour out of the collapsed cave at the heart of this spherical spring.
Winona, Missouri
A 40-foot waterfall flows into this unique natural swimming hole.
Ellington, Missouri
One of the deepest springs in Missouri.
Woodside, Missouri
An underground river pushes more than 200 million gallons out of this Missouri spring every day.
Mammoth Spring, Arkansas
The seventh largest spring in the world.
Walnut Shade, Missouri
The creator of the Kewpie doll's former home has been turned into a museum celebrating her life and work.
Springfield, Missouri
An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.
Springfield, Missouri
The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.
Lebanon, Missouri
Away from the crowds of fishing enthusiasts, take a hike deep into the woods and journey into an eerie darkness.
Camdenton, Missouri
European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.
Marshall, Missouri
A small town garden is dedicated to a psychic dog with the most soulful eyes.
Burlington, Colorado
One of few remaining antique carousels with stationary animals in the U.S.
Weskan, Kansas
A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.