Places Annie Oortman Wants to Go

The modest, restored home of the legendary ragtime musician John William "Blind" Boone.

A subterranean haunt where wine and homemade biscottis are always on the menu.

The only remaining Cold War–era Minuteman II missile control center in Missouri.

The obelisk meant to mark the founding father's grave at Monticello is actually on the University of Missouri campus.

A museum devoted to osteopathy and its creator, Andrew Still.

This spot in St. Louis, marked with a simple sign, has seen more pro baseball than just about anywhere else in the world.

A Mormon place of exile in Missouri.

One of America's first planned communities is preserved in a state park.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

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

Undone by Prohibition, this abandoned brewery-turned-flour mill is now ready for its third act.

A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.

Destroyed by flood waters, prison now serves as a training ground for armed forces.

The man who was president for only one day and spent most of it asleep.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.

The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.

The ruins of a 19th century shelter run by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

A museum dedicated to man's boldest venture.

Another in a long tradition of legends regarding infernal seats.

Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.