Staunton, Illinois
Henry's Rabbit Ranch
This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.
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Staunton, Illinois
This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.
Livingston, Illinois
Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.
Calico Rock, Arkansas
An abandoned early-20th-century boomtown sits within the Calico Rock city limits.
Pocahontas, Arkansas
Despite what scientists think, the town still says this is an extraterrestrial rock.
Ridgedale, Missouri
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.
Lead Hill, Arkansas
Twenty-year effort to raise a castle using tools and techniques from the 13th century is now abandoned in the Arkansas woods.
Norfork, Arkansas
Peak named for an old man who liked to run in the nude.
Burfordville, Missouri
The only mill in the state that features a covered bridge.
Perryville, Missouri
An old tree that is the final resting place for many pair of shoes.
Walnut Shade, Missouri
The creator of the Kewpie doll's former home has been turned into a museum celebrating her life and work.
Alton, Illinois
This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.
Collinsville, Illinois
Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.
Godfrey, Illinois
Though it's thrived abroad, this forgotten Dunkin' rival has just one store left in the States.
Alton, Illinois
The owners of this Victorian-era estate say it’s still visited by the spirits of long-gone residents.
West Alton, Missouri
Stand at the point where the two mightiest rivers in the United States converge.
Alton, Illinois
A taxidermy “mermaid,” vampire-killing kits, and hundreds of other bizarre objects are housed at this quirky museum.
Chester, Illinois
The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.
Chester, Illinois
A museum and gift shop in a small Illinois town commemorates the work of E.C. Segar and the local figures on whom he based his characters.
Granite City, Illinois
A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.
Marshall, Missouri
A small town garden is dedicated to a psychic dog with the most soulful eyes.
Marshall, Missouri
This interactive museum preserves the big aviation history of this small Missouri town
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.
Fairmont City, Illinois
Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.
St. Louis, Missouri
During the 19th-century, this park was a vital trading fort.