Places catmom43 Wants to Go

The iconic remains of the original Academic Hall that burned down in 1892.

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

This museum presents a dogged pursuit of 500 years of veterinary history.

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

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

Who said a biker bar is no place for a taxidermy squirrel collection?

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

This art deco masterpiece was once a miracle spring mecca but is now simply a government office building.

This pristinely abandoned filling station on the edge of a graveyard is populated solely by unsettling mannequins.

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

This 40-foot fowl marks the so-called "wild goose capital of the world."

The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.

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

This wooded grove of beautiful hand-built stone grottos is a hidden gem within a shuttered Franciscan monastery.

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

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

Another in a long tradition of legends regarding infernal seats.

This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

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

An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.

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

An abandoned concrete jungle surrounded by a lush park.