According to the World Atlas, some of these Missouri towns may prove the first settlers could have had a “slightly mischievous sense of humor.” Tightwad. With only 79 residents, Tightwad, in ...

On a recent refresh of its state-by-state features, World Atlas tallied up "7 Bizarrely Named Towns" in the Show Me State, the "quirky communities (that) also prove that Missouri’s first ...

Climax Springs, Missouri, about a 20-minute drive from Lake of the Ozarks, was established near a natural spring that was believed to have “restorative properties,” according to World Atlas.