Places sonotthereason Wants to Go

The oldest soda fountain in St. Louis has been serving up treats for more than a century.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

A sculpture of a giant man escaping from the depths of the Earth.

Stand at the point where the two mightiest rivers in the United States converge.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

Odd castle-like structures for collecting water sticking out of the Mississippi River.

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

This replica of a Sarajevo fountain stands at the heart of the world’s largest Bosnian diaspora community.

Hundreds of graffiti artists have decorated this flood-wall on the west bank of the Mississippi River.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.

This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

This unique park is dedicated to a favorite locally born snack line.

Sip whiskey in a powerhouse that once belonged to a storied hydroelectric dam.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

Stroll among more than 50 large-scale sculptures created by world-class artists.

The United States' only educational center specializing in disease vectors and mosquitoes.

A historic canal winds through a unique, swampy landscape.

Papier-mâché folk art recognizing horrors of slave trade.

This natural spring not only claims to heal the wounded but it has also been willed to God.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

This fallen red oak tree has been transformed into a piece of trailside art.

Born from segregation and exclusion, Durham’s Black Wall Street is now a living reminder of the city’s past