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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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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