Missouri

Places in this region

Renz Women's Penitentiary

Destroyed by flood waters, prison now serves as a training ground for armed forces.

When you first drive by this ominous building sitting in a field visible from the freeway, it appears to be out of place. Obviously abandoned, as evidenced by the vegetation emerging from the... »

Crime and Punishment, Disaster Areas, Incredible Ruins | Edited by Rachel

The Meramac Caverns have existed for the past 400 million years, slowly forming through deposits of limestone.Centuries ago, Native Americans used the cavern system for shelter. The first cave... »

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The Magic House

The Magic House provides a beautiful and creative environment for curious youngsters to get their knowledge on.

You don't have to be a kid to appreciate all the wonder and knowledge that is packed inside the walls of St. Louis' Magic House. Once an abandoned Victorian mansion in the Kirkwood suburb, the... »

Museums and Collections, Strange Science | Edited by chelseadeptula and Dylan

Old St. Louis County Courthouse

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

Originally built as a combination federal and state courthouse in 1828, St. Louis' Old Courthouse serves as a complete time capsule for the city. Over the decades it has experienced dozens of... »

Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by chelseadeptula and atimian

Grant's Farm

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales

Although "Home on the Range" is technically the state song of Kansas, it turns out downtown St. Louis is where the buffalo roam and the deer and the antelope play. Belonging to the former... »

Eccentric Homes | Edited by chelseadeptula and atimian

Turtle Playground

This is not your typical jungle gym

Normally children are discouraged from playing along the side of the highway. But not in Saint Louis, Missouri. This is all thanks to Bob Cassilly, a local artist best known for his renegade urban... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues | Edited by EmilyYaMei and atimian

Still National Osteopathic Museum

A museum devoted to osteopathy and its creator, Andrew Still

Dr. Andrew Still coined the term osteopathy in 1874, emphasizing the role of the musculoskeletal system in health and disease. Though osteopathy is occasionally used in medicine as a... »

Medical Museums | Edited by Dylan and Henry

Devil's Icebox

Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long

If you find yourself in the middle of the continental United States, there's an unexpected place to visit outside of a quiet college town. Missouri has the Ozarks, Kansas City, and St. Louis, but... »

Natural Wonders, Watery Wonders, Geological Oddities, Extraordinary Flora, Curious Caves | Edited by ageiger17 and Nicholas Jackson

Saint Louis Abbey

Famous church recognized for both its unique design and disciplined monks that live according to the Benedictine discipline

An abbey of the Roman Catholic English Benedictine Congregation in St. Louis County, Missouri, the Saint Louis Abbey is recognized around the world because of both its unique design and its... »

Cultures and Civilizations , Architectural Oddities | Edited by harkinna, Nicholas Jackson and others

World's Largest Shuttlecocks

Four 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum

Across the expansive grounds of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri, lie four large shuttlecocks. Looking like the remains of a giant’s game of badminton, the 18-foot displays... »

Museums and Collections, Outsider Art | Edited by ronin and Nicholas Jackson