Places BryanKnight Wants to Go

Two Ming Dynasty lion statues guard the entrance to the journalism school.

Giant works of art interspersed throughout meadows and woodlands offer a new discovery at every turn.

A Mormon place of exile in Missouri.

A flat slab of stone perched hundreds of feet above the Gasconade River in the northern Ozark mountains.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

A magnificent church designed by world-renowned architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

A wax effigy of St. Valentine hides one of the saint's relics.

This unconventional used book store was once in the news for the surprising act of burning books.

Famous church recognized for both its unique design and disciplined monks that live according to the Benedictine discipline.

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

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

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

The only pig museum in the U.S. holds one of the world's largest collections of pig items.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

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

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.

A small town garden is dedicated to a psychic dog with the most soulful eyes.

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

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

A celebration of the animation wizard's childhood home and antique railroad memorabilia collection.

University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.

The famous greeting card maker owns a collection of paintings by the famed surrealist.

The crumbling remains of the first Black-owned and operated hospital in Kansas City.

A museum dedicated to man's boldest venture.