Tucked away between two 19th-century buildings, this small shop specializes in the macabre.

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

Savor the famous tempura-fried pork tenderloin sandwich at this long-standing Kansas City food counter.

The iconic remains of the original Academic Hall that burned down in 1892.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

This spot in St. Louis, marked with a simple sign, has seen more pro baseball than just about anywhere else in the world.

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.

A celebration of the animation wizard's childhood home and antique railroad memorabilia collection.

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

Undone by Prohibition, this abandoned brewery-turned-flour mill is now ready for its third act.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

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

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

This unconventional used book store was once in the news for the surprising act of burning books.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

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

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."