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Missouri Oddities

Unusual destinations, curious landmarks, and worthwhile detours across Missouri.

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Strange Museums

City Museum

St. Louis, Missouri

A former shoe factory became a maze of slides, tunnels, salvaged architecture, and rooftop oddities.

Roadside Attractions

Uranus

St. Robert, Missouri

A Route 66 roadside complex turns one childish joke into a fudge factory, sideshow museum, dinosaur photo ops, and an entire souvenir universe.

Strange Museums

Glore Psychiatric Museum

St. Joseph, Missouri

Historic equipment, patient-made objects, and displays trace changing approaches to mental health care.

Natural Oddities

Elephant Rocks

Belleview, Missouri

Enormous granite boulders line up like a parade of elephants in this unusual Missouri state park.

Historic Oddities

Ha Ha Tonka Castle

Camdenton, Missouri

Stone castle ruins stand above the Lake of the Ozarks, the remains of an ambitious early 20th-century estate.

Natural Oddities

Meramec Caverns

Sullivan, Missouri

A classic Route 66 cave attraction leads through enormous chambers and colorful formations.

Historic Oddities

Missouri State Penitentiary

Jefferson City, Missouri

Guided tours explore the cellblocks, yards, and turbulent history of a prison that operated for 168 years.

Giant Objects

Giant Fork

Springfield, Missouri

A 35-foot, 11-ton stainless steel fork rises outside an office building in Springfield, turning a former restaurant sign into a roadside landmark.

Natural Oddities

Fantastic Caverns

Springfield, Missouri

Visitors ride through a cave on a Jeep-drawn tram beneath towering columns and limestone formations.

Curious Landmarks

Weldon Spring Disposal Cell

St. Charles, Missouri

A climbable stone-covered mound contains the remnants of a former uranium processing site.

Natural Oddities

Big Spring

Van Buren, Missouri

An immense blue-green spring pours from an Ozark hillside into the Current River.

Giant Objects

Route 66 Rocker

Fanning, Missouri

A 42-foot steel rocking chair towers over a Route 66 outpost near Cuba, Missouri.