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Jadwin, Missouri

Welch Spring Hospital Ruins

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.
SamLewis Added by SamLewis
Ellington, Missouri

Blue Spring

One of the deepest springs in Missouri.
showmestateofmind Added by showmestateofmind
Carbondale, Illinois

Jeremy Rochman Memorial Park

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.
Added by wolvercote66
Fredericktown, Missouri

Castor River Shut-Ins

These pink granite water slides are the result of millions of years of erosion.
dbuckenmyer Added by dbuckenmyer
Vandalia, Illinois

The Kaskaskia Dragon

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.
sierrawest Added by sierrawest
Leasburg, Missouri

Canoehenge

Nestled in Onondaga State Park, over 100 canoes carefully stacked in a replica of the famous standing stones.
Added by BM
Caledonia, Missouri

Amalgam Gallery of Art

This "little gallery in the middle of nowhere" is housed in a 170-year-old horse barn in the Missouri Ozarks.
chefjonemanuel Added by chefjonemanuel
Irondale, Missouri

Devil's Honeycomb

Some of the oldest exposed rock formations in the United States.
showmestateofmind Added by showmestateofmind
Park Hills, Missouri

Missouri Mines State Historic Site

Rusted and decayed, this former mining site is a portal to the past.
elffromspace Added by elffromspace
Chester, Illinois

Popeye Character Trail

The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.
Added by thescousewife
Bonne Terre, Missouri

The Space Museum

A museum dedicated to man's boldest venture.
Staunton, Illinois

Henry's Rabbit Ranch

This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Sauget, Illinois

National Building Arts Center

In a historic steel foundry east of the Mississippi River, thousands of wooden crates hold the architectural remnants of buildings long gone but not forgotten.
Added by nicolesaraniero
St. Louis, Missouri

Cotton Belt Freight Depot

An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.
Added by jason schwartzman
St. Louis, Missouri

Eros Bendato

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.
Bkern Added by Bkern
St. Louis, Missouri

1904 World's Fair Flight Cage

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.
Added by GrantL
Florissant, Missouri

Old St. Ferdinand Shrine

A wax effigy of St. Valentine hides one of the saint's relics.
bboas Added by bboas
Namibia

Welwitschia

Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.
atimian Added by atimian
Namibia

Hoba Meteorite

The largest known meteorite on Earth was too big to move.
Added by kwinb
San Diego, California

Villa Montezuma

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Mountain Township, Illinois

Garden of the Gods

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.
Added by eeclarkjr
Collinsville, Illinois

Cahokia Mounds

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.
bradenh83 Added by bradenh83
Iron Township, Missouri

Elephant Rocks State Park

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.
Chesterfield, Missouri

Pecan Legacy Park

After miraculously surviving a giant flood, the 19th-century nut tree and its offspring are protected with their own tiny park.
Sabrina Wagganer Added by Sabrina Wagganer