400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

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

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

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

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

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

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

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

This rare female version of the Muffler Man has its clothes removed each summer to signal the start of pool season.

The dream home of an iconoclastic renaissance man still stands as a monument to his domestically mundane vision.

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.

The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.

The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.

"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.

Five acres of divinely inspired folk art.

Eternal resting place of the grave robber and murderer who served as inspiration for many of cinema’s famous madmen.

A large circus museum with summer performances.

This circus town museum recognizes the outstanding clowns of history.

A theme park attraction designed to turn your children into LARPers.

A museum of the dime museum that features weird entertainments of yesteryear, from feejee mermaids to flea circuses.