The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.

This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.

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

An abandoned concrete jungle surrounded by a lush park.

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.

In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.

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

This is not your typical jungle gym.

A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.