In April and May of 1933, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow rented a garage apartment at 3347½ Oak Ridge Drive in Joplin while they hid from Missouri and Arkansas law enforcement. They stayed for about a week before a tip-off led to a police raid. The gang shot their way out, killing two officers, and left behind a camera whose developed film gave the world the first clear photographs of the outlaws together — including the famous shot of Bonnie posing with a cigar and a pistol.
The apartment still stands, a modest two-storey structure behind a modest house on a residential street. It is privately owned but often accessible from the outside, and a small marker identifies it. A historical plaque gives the basic facts. It is not a polished tourist attraction, which is part of its appeal — just a quiet street and an ordinary-looking building where something genuinely extraordinary happened.