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  • The Soda Museum

    The Soda Museum

    St. Charles, Missouri

    Old vending machines, the world's first six-pack carrier, Max Headroom Coca-Cola swag. Bar offers Nehi Orange, Sarsaparilla, and Grapette.

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  • Titanic Museum

    Titanic Museum

    Branson, Missouri

    The doomed ocean liner is taking on passengers on the main strip in Branson.

  • Precious Moments Park and Chapel

    Precious Moments Park and Chapel

    Carthage, Missouri

    Sprawling, multi-million-dollar complex attracts fanatical collectors of the adorable angel statuettes, but all fanatics are welcome.

  • Glore Psychiatric Museum

    Glore Psychiatric Museum

    St. Joseph, Missouri

    A giant "human hamster" treadmill is only one of many intriguing displays in a museum that shows how hard it is to make people sane.

  • City Museum

    City Museum

    St. Louis, Missouri

    Insanely fun former warehouse, a 10-story 5-star wonder.

  • Space Museum and Grissom Center

    Space Museum and Grissom Center

    Bonne Terre, Missouri

    Earl Mullins evangelizes the wonders of space exploration through his museum collection.

  • Bonne Terre Mine: Billion Gallon Lake

    Bonne Terre Mine: Billion Gallon Lake

    Bonne Terre, Missouri

    Lead mine closed in 1962 and reopened as a tourist attraction. Features the World's Largest Subterranean Lake.

  • World's Largest Ball of Twine

    World's Largest Ball of Twine

    Branson, Missouri

    At Ripley's, certified by Guiness, surrounded by other oddities. But the largest?

  • Route 66 Red Rocker

    Route 66 Red Rocker

    Fanning, Missouri

    Over 42 feet tall. Held the World's Largest Rocking Chair record 2008-2015. Despite its demotion to number two, it's still really big.

  • Military Museums of Fort Leonard Wood

    Military Museums of Fort Leonard Wood

    Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

    Three free, eclectic museums under one roof: Chemical Corps, MPs, Engineers.

  • Fantastic Caverns: Ride-Thru Cave

    Fantastic Caverns: Ride-Thru Cave

    Springfield, Missouri

    See Nature's mostly unspoiled beauty by jeep in "America's Ride-Thru Cave."

  • Where Jesse James Was Killed

    Where Jesse James Was Killed

    St. Joseph, Missouri

    Wild West fans come from far and near to "see the bullet hole" which may or may not have been made by the bullet that took a shortcut through Jesse James' head.

  • Patee House Museum

    Patee House Museum

    St. Joseph, Missouri

    Is that a giant ball of string next to a horse-drawn hearse? A display of local murder weapons (including an electric drill) and an exhibit on the World's Tallest Man? Strange things await here.

  • Wax Museum of St. Louis

    Wax Museum of St. Louis

    St. Louis, Missouri

    Presidents, biblical figures, celebrities, and a two-basement Chamber of Horrors.

  • Jesse James Wax Museum

    Jesse James Wax Museum

    Stanton, Missouri

    Jesse James wasn't really shot to death in 1882 -- he died of old age in 1951. Be damned, DNA evidence... we want the truth!

  • Meramec Caverns

    Meramec Caverns

    Stanton, Missouri

    You don't even reach the mouth of this popular cave until you drive past the Meramec Caverns motel and RV park, and walk past the ice cream stand and huge gift shop.

  • Uranus

    Uranus

    Uranus, Missouri

    In the tourist trap town of Uranus, a fudge-shop-out-of-control offers many memorable photo-ops and souvenirs, and a lot of bad Uranus puns.

  • Largest Ball of String, Not Twine

    Largest Ball of String, Not Twine

    Weston, Missouri

    A big bruiser of a sphere, 19 feet around, from a time when people mailed packages tied with thin postal string.

  • Former World's Largest Pecan

    Former World's Largest Pecan

    Brunswick, Missouri

    12 feet long and six solid tons, it's a nutty claim to fame made of custom-painted concrete.

  • Ruins of Ha Ha Tonka

    Ruins of Ha Ha Tonka

    Camdenton, Missouri

    Built by a Kansas City millionaire who died before it was completed. The castle was gutted by fire in 1942.

  • Big Bender

    Big Bender

    Dittmer, Missouri

    A towing business displays a supersized junk art rendition of Futurama's sociopath robot, Bender. His head alone is a 55 gallon oil drum, to give you a sense of his scale.

  • The Hall of Waters

    The Hall of Waters

    Excelsior Springs, Missouri

    Elaborate Art Deco temple devoted to the curative power of mineral water. Site of the World's Longest Water Bar, high windows, futurist chandeliers, and polished terrazzo floors.

  • Hannibal: Twain Town

    Hannibal: Twain Town

    Hannibal, Missouri

    Samuel Clemens, known by his pen name Mark Twain, grew up in Hannibal, and the town works hard to ensure that no visitor ever forgets it.

  • Buster Brown's Grave

    Buster Brown's Grave

    Hornersville, Missouri

    A big tombstone for the local little person who became famous as Buster Brown, spokesman for Buster Brown shoes.

  • Mural: Superman of Kansas City

    Mural: Superman of Kansas City

    Kansas City, Missouri

    Michael Wheeler, senior citizen, dresses in a home-made super-suit and runs all over Kansas City.

  • Jesse James' Feather Duster of Death

    Jesse James' Feather Duster of Death

    Kearney, Missouri

    Among Jesse artifacts exhibited at the James Farm is the household duster that may have contributed to his demise.

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