This mansion was made famous by its colorful cast of owners and location along the Sante Fe Trail.

University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.

Come for the heirloom-corn whiskey, stay for the wood hats.

The obelisk meant to mark the founding father's grave at Monticello is actually on the University of Missouri campus.

An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.

The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.

The largest spring in Northwest Arkansas is also home to a sprawling botanical gardens and a historically significant bluff.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

Calidum et Deliciose Succosum!

Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

The 55-pound trichobezoar was removed from the stomach of a cow.

The oldest purpose-built cinema still in operation also houses a museum of movie memorabilia.

This lesser-known geographic marker was the reference point for all surveys of the continent for 75 years.

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

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

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

The world's largest man-made underground caverns offer unparalleled underwater wonders.