This small turbine mill along Rocky Creek was built in 1928

One of the deepest springs in Missouri.

A historic, scenic mill that was forced to close due to overlogging.

An average of 33 million gallons of water pour out of the collapsed cave at the heart of this spherical spring.

The longest of the four remaining covered bridges in Missouri.

Outside the Missouri Quilt Museum, this large spool has more than one million yards of thread—and counting.

The largest riverfront opening cave in the Ozarks.

It's as if the herds walked straight out of a fairy tale into the Missouri wilds.

The eccentric and colorful pavilions of Tower Grove park are a beloved and overlooked symbol. 

Around 50 million gallons of water flow from this spring every day.

The only mill in the state that features a covered bridge.

An underground river pushes more than 200 million gallons out of this Missouri spring every day.

A 40-foot waterfall flows into this unique natural swimming hole.

A giant wooden statue of one of the greatest pitchers in 19th-century baseball.

A small museum dedicated to the whimsical tool that turns sugar cookies into works of art.

Thousands of small machines line the shelves of this personal collection which definitely delivers on its name.

When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.

This 40-foot fowl marks the so-called "wild goose capital of the world."

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.

Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.