Places alaskanmoss Wants to Go

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

One man's unrequited love stands in a glass box forever.

An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

A big museum full of little worlds.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

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

A lifetime's accumulation of bric-a-brac and kitsch.

The final resting place of the West’s original scribe.

Visit the century-old plant nursery that grows trees from space.

This town of 100 people has approximately one bronze sculpture for every two residents.

This subterranean treasure trove is said to contain a motorcycle, a Chevy, and a teal leisure suit.

A tribute to the riders who bridged East and West.

Over a million artifacts fill this factory-turned-museum that explores the history of American windmill production.

Meet cowboys and ancient beardogs at this one-of-a-kind crossroads of Western history.

A miniature baseball stadium honoring Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, home of the College World Series from 1950-2010.

At 32 feet long, this swing is big enough for the whole family—and then some.

Nebraska’s longest-running summer theater is a musical tribute to cowboy culture.

For one month, the fields and skies of Gibbon, Nebraska, come alive with one of the largest gatherings of sandhill cranes in North America.