This sea stack in Cyprus is traditionally seen as the birthplace of the goddess Aphrodite.

Once the site of medieval pilgrimage for its healing powers, this well was lost and later rediscovered.

This former Union fort commands a fine view of downtown Cape Girardeau and the Mississippi River.

Ernest Hemingway wrote a good portion of "A Farewell to Arms" while living with the parents of his second wife, Pauline Pfeiffer.

The only mill in the state that features a covered bridge.

On the side of Arkansas' Great River Road stand the remains of a forgotten World War II POW Camp.

This small Arkansas town once had a close encounter with the Beatles, and are determined never to let anyone forget that. Ever.

The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

Despite what scientists think, the town still says this is an extraterrestrial rock.

This Lady Liberty is the oldest replica of its kind outside the state of New York.

The first military newspaper in U.S. history was printed in Bloomfield, Missouri.

Kentucky's anomalous peninsula projecting into the Mississippi River, site of legendary earthquakes and local feuds.

Some of the oldest exposed rock formations in the United States.

Often referred to as the largest spring in America.

The deepest spring in Missouri.

A historic, scenic mill that was forced to close due to overlogging.

An average of 33 million gallons of water pour out of the collapsed cave at the heart of this spherical spring.

A 40-foot waterfall flows into this unique natural swimming hole.

The van that carried William Least-Heat Moon through the journey documented in the book 'Blue Highways' sits in the Mizzou archeological museum's storage.

The life of one of America's pre-eminent painters is frozen in time in the home where he lived, worked, and died.

This classic Kansas City song reference is the place for anyone who wants to stand at the corner of 12th Street and Vine.

Soak in the soul of Kansas City at the oldest continually-operating jazz club in the country.

More than 12,000 years ago, this park was a playground for mastodons.